Schima

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Schima

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Theaceae
Genus:	Schima Reinw. ex Blume (1823)

Species

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Popinjay Stibochiona nicea on Schima wallichii (Chiloni or Makri sal)at Samsing in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India.

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.