Lepisanthes tetraphylla

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Lepisanthes tetraphylla
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Lepisanthes
Species:
L. tetraphylla
Binomial name
Lepisanthes tetraphylla
(Vahl) Radlk.

Lepisanthes tetraphylla is a tree of India and Sri Lanka and other South Asian countries.

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