Euodia (plant)

Updated on Dec 29, 2023

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Kingdom Plantae Family Rutaceae Scientific name Euodia Rank Genus		Order Sapindales Subfamily Rutoideae Higher classification Rutaceae

Lower classifications Euodia lunuankenda, Euodia robusta, Euodia macrocarpa Similar Euodia lunuankenda, Euodia macrocarpa, Euodia robusta

Melicope elleryana or Euodia

Euodia is a plant genus in the Rutaceae family. Euodia is sometimes misspelled as Evodia. The species now included in the genus Tetradium were previously included in Euodia, and may be commonly referred to as euodia.

Fossil record

Close-up of pink flowers of Melicope elleryana

Fossil seeds of Euodia costata have been recovered from Eocene sediments at Hordle, Hants, southern England. A fossil species, Euodia lignita, has been described from Oligocene Brandon Lignite sediments in Vermont, United States.