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(diminutive of Feronia, Roman goddess of forests). Rutaceae, tribe Citreae, subtribe Feroninae. Small much-branched spiny tree, related to Feronia and suggested as a possible stock for citrous fruits.

Feroniella (diminutive of Feronia, Roman goddess of forests). Rutaceae, tribe Citreae, subtribe Feroninae. Small much-branched spiny tree, related to Feronia and suggested as a possible stock for citrous fruits.

Leaves odd-pinnate, persistent, 3-6-paired; rachis cylindrical, sometimes narrowly winged; spines solitary, in the axils of the lvs.: fls. in much-branched axillary infl., perfect, or by abortion male, usually 5- parted, having 4 times as many stamens as petals; filaments much longer than the anthers, dilated at base and having a hairy appendix on the inner side; style long, stigma cylindric, caducous; ovary at first 5-6-celled, later becoming by confluence 1-celled: fr. spherical or depressed globose, with a hard shell composed of radially arranged prismatic elements; pulp edible; seeds numerous, oblong or elliptical, with a smooth crustaceous testa; cotyledons aerial in germination.— Two species are known.

Leaves odd-pinnate, persistent, 3-6-paired; rachis cylindrical, sometimes narrowly winged; spines solitary, in the axils of the lvs.: fls. in much-branched axillary infl., perfect, or by abortion male, usually 5- parted, having 4 times as many stamens as petals; filaments much longer than the anthers, dilated at base and having a hairy appendix on the inner side; style long, stigma cylindric, caducous; ovary at first 5-6-celled, later becoming by confluence 1-celled: fr. spherical or depressed globose, with a hard shell composed of radially arranged prismatic elements; pulp edible; seeds numerous, oblong or elliptical, with a smooth crustaceous testa; cotyledons aerial in germination.— Two species are known.