Lindleya

Lindleya is a genus of Mexican evergreen trees of the family Rosaceae, tribe Maleae. The sole species, Lindleya mespiloides, grows to a height of 6 m and bears solitary white fragrant flowers in summer. The fruit are dry dehiscent capsules.

Taxonomic history
Lindleya, along with Vauquelinia and Kageneckia were formerly placed in family Quillajaceae. It shares a base chromosome number of 17 with the pome-fruited members of tribe Maleae within the Rosaceae.