Trewia

Taxobox
name = "Trewia"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Euphorbiaceae
subfamilia = Acalyphoideae
tribus = Acalypheae
subtribus = Rottlerinae
genus = "Trewia"
genus_authority = L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "to be completed"

"Trewia" is a plant genus of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae), comprising 2 species. It is found from the Himalaya to Hainan Island. These species have hard large fruits.

"Trewia" species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the leaf-miner "Bucculatrix verax", which feeds exclusively on "Trewia nudiflora".

The hard green fruit of "Trewia nudiflora", which fall to the ground in large numbers during the monsoon season, are a preferred food of the Indian rhinoceros. The passage of its seeds through the rhino gut enhances its germination rate.

Name

The genus is named after Christoph Jacob Trew (German wiki), a German physician and botanist.

ynonyms

*"Canschi" Adans.
*"Trevia" L.