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Merrillia
''Merrillia'' is a monotypic genus〔World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1998. (''Merrillia caloxylon''. ) In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. Downloaded on 02 August 2013.〕 of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae, containing the single species ''Merrillia caloxylon''. Its English language common names include flowering merrillia, katinga, and Malay lemon. In Malaysia it is called ''ketenggah'' and ''kemuning gajah''.〔Lim, T. K. (2012). (''Merrillia caloxylon''. ) In: ''Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants''. Springer Netherlands. 890-92.〕 The species is native to Malaysia, Thailand, and Sumatra in Indonesia.〔(''Merrillia caloxylon''. ) Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).〕 This species is a member of the Rutaceae subfamily Aurantioideae, which includes the genus ''Citrus''. It is the only genus and species in the subtribe Merrilliinae, which are known technically as the large-fruited remote citroid fruit trees.〔(Citrus Variety Collection. ) University of California, Riverside.〕 ==Description== This species is a tree often reaching up to 20 meters tall, sometimes approaching 30 meters.〔 One report from 1932 mentions a specimen collected from a tree 33.6 meters tall. If the report is valid it would be the largest tree of the Aurantioideae. The trunk has a light, flaking bark. The leaves can exceed 20 centimeters in length,〔(Citrus Variety Collection: ''Merrillia caloxylon''. ) University of California, Riverside.〕 and each is made up of 5 to 13 leaflets up to about 10 centimeters long, the basal ones smaller than the others. They are thin, bright green, and somewhat lance-shaped with triangular bases.〔 The flowers are solitary, paired,〔 or borne in panicles.〔 They are white to yellow-green and trumpet-shaped with petals up to 1.8 centimeters long. The oblong fruit is up to 11 centimeters long by 7.5 wide.〔 It has a warty peel over a centimeter thick. It is green, turning yellow with maturity. The fruit contains a tasteless, fibrous, olive-green pulp.〔 The native habitat of the tree includes primary and secondary tropical forest.〔
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