Abstract
Melicope pteleifolia, an important medicinal and horticultural plant, has antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic effects. Here, the complete chloroplast genome of M. pteleifolia was sequenced and its phylogenetic relationship was investigated. The complete chloroplast genome of M. pteleifolia was 159,014 bp in size, including a pair of inverted repeat regions (IR, 27,640 bp), a large single copy region (LSC, 85,124 bp), and a small single copy region (SSC, 18,610 bp). The GC content of the chloroplast genome was 38.3%. A total of 133 genes were annotated, including 88 protein-coding genes, 8 rRNA genes, and 37 tRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that M. pteleifolia clusters together with species of Toddalia, Zanthoxylum, Tetradium, Phellodendron, and Casimiroa.