| Paramignya citrifolia | |
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| Paramignya citrifolia in Bangladesh | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Paramignya |
| Species: | P. citrifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Paramignya citrifolia Oliv. [1] | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Paramignya citrifolia is a sweet-scented species of flowering plant. It is a spiny scandent shrub.
Paramignya citrifolia is native to Tropical Asia in the countries Bangladesh, Thailand [2] and Myanmar in evergreen forest and hill streams. [1] It is found in the forests of Bandarban, Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Khagrachari and Rangamati districts. [3]
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