Mappia nimmoniana is a species of flowering plant that grow naturally in Indo-Malesia and China .[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Icacinales |
| Family: | Icacinaceae |
| Genus: | Mappia |
| Species: | M. nimmoniana
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| Binomial name | |
| Mappia nimmoniana (J.Graham) Byng & Stull
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Description
editIt is a small tree growing up to 3–8 m tall. Bark is smooth grey and wrinkled and about 5 mm thick. Branchlets are corky with prominent leaf scars. Leathery and broadly egg shaped leaves are arranged alternately. Foul smelling creamy yellow flowers are bisexual, about 5 mm across and come in flat-topped clusters at the end of branches. Petals are hairy inside. Oblong to ellipsoid fruits are smooth, purplish black when ripe with a single seed.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Mappia nimmoniana". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
- ^ "Nothapodytes nimmoniana (J. Grah.) D.J. Mabberley | Species". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "Mappia nimmoniana - Ghanera". www.flowersofindia.net. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
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