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Schima
leaves & bark at Samsing in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Ericales Family: Theaceae Genus: Schima Reinw. ex Blume (1823)
Species
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Schima is a genus of evergreen trees belonging to the tea family, Theaceae.

The genus inhabits warm temperate to subtropical climates across southern and southeastern Asia, from the eastern Himalaya of Nepal and eastern India across Indochina, southern China, Taiwan, and the Bonin Islands.

Gallery of Schima wallichii

Popinjay Stibochiona nicea on Schima wallichii (Chiloni or Makri sal)at Samsing in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India.	Bark of a Schima wallichii tree, known as chilaune in Nepal.	Scima wallichii trees in Kathmandu	leaves & fruit at Samsing in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India.
fruit at Samsing in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India.

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