Citronella
Citronella is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Cardiopteridaceae described as a genus in 1832. It is native to tropical regions of South and Central America, insular Southeast Asia, Australia, and islands of the western Pacific. The genus was formerly treated as belonging to the family Icacinaceae.
Few species have been cultivated. Citronella mucronata, from Chile, is remarkable for its hardiness compared to other members of this genus. It is one of the most well-known of the species and has been introduced to Europe.
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Chilean citronella tree
speciesCitronella mucronata
Churnwood
speciesCitronella moorei
Citronella gongonha
speciesCitronella gongonha
Citronella paniculata
speciesCitronella paniculata
Citronella smythii
speciesCitronella smythii
Citronella sarmentosa
speciesCitronella sarmentosa
Citronella incarum
speciesCitronella incarum
Citronella macrocarpa
speciesCitronella macrocarpa
Citronella costaricensis
speciesCitronella costaricensis
Citronella samoensis
speciesCitronella samoensis
Citronella hirsuta
speciesCitronella hirsuta
Citronella suaveolens
speciesCitronella suaveolens
Citronella engleriana
speciesCitronella engleriana
Citronella apogon
speciesCitronella apogon
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 184178.