Staphylea

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Staphylea cochinchinensis (Lour.) Byng & Christenh. (Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin), Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, NE-India (Darjeeling, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Kerala), Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, ?Cambodia, China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, S-Yunnan) as per Catalogue of Life)

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Staphylea emodi Wall. (NW-India (Kumaon, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh), Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), Nepal, Afghanistan, Pakistan (Kurram, Dir, Swat, Hazara, Murree) as per Catalogue of Life)

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Staphylea pomifera (Roxb.) Byng & Christenh. (China (Guangxi, S-Yunnan), Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Moluccas (Talaud Isl.), Philippines, Myanmar [Burma] (widespread), Nepal, NE-India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya), Sikkim, N-Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life)

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Species with description & keys from Flora of Pakistan (Distribution):
Staphylea emodi Brandis (Afghanistan and W. Himalayas)

Species with distribution in annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal (Distribution):
Staphylea emodi Wall. ex Brandis (2100 m; Marri to Nepal)

Flora of Peninsular India with keys at species links, if any:

Turpinia cochinchinensis (syn. of Staphylea cochinchinensis (Lour.) Byng & Christenh.)

Turpinia malabarica

Turpinia pomifera (syn. of Staphylea pomifera (Roxb.) Byng & Christenh.)

Species with distribution in annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal (Distribution):

Turpinia nepalensis Wall. ex Wight & Arn. (1200-2100 m; Himalaya (Nepal to Bhutan), Assam, Burma, Thailand, Indo-China, ?W. China)- (syn. of Staphylea cochinchinensis (Lour.) Byng & Christenh.)
Turpinia pomifera (Roxb.) DC. (300-500 m; E. Himalaya (Nepal, Sikkim), east to Malaysia)- (syn. of Staphylea pomifera (Roxb.) Byng & Christenh.)

Some species found in India with description & keys from Flora of China [Distribution other than China]:

Turpinia cochinchinensis (Loureiro) Merrill [Bhutan, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam]- (syn. of Staphylea cochinchinensis (Lour.) Byng & Christenh.)

Turpinia montana (Blume) Kurz [India, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra), Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam]- syn. of Staphylea zanthoxyloides Byng & Christenh.
Turpinia pomifera (Roxburgh) Candolle [Bhutan, India, Malaysia, Nepal, N Vietnam]- (syn. of Staphylea pomifera (Roxb.) Byng & Christenh.)

Updated on June 8, 2025

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