Citropsis
genus of plants
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Citropsis is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Subfamily: | Aurantioideae |
| Genus: | Citropsis Swingle & Kellerm. |
It produces a fruit known as the African cherry orange. This a fruit common to Central and Western Africa, it is about the size of a tangerine. It is sometimes used as a herbal medicine. The fruit is two or three centimeters long.
The are a number of species, which differ in the details of their habit. The plant is a shrub or tree. With pointed leaflets, the leaves are up to 33 centimeters long. They are about two centimeters long and the inflorescence is a cluster of flowers with four white petals. The style may be 1.5 centimeters long.