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Melicope glabra

Melicope glabra is a large forest tree in the citrus family (Rutaceae) that can reach about 40 metres tall in its native lowland to montane rainforest. It is a wild forest species rarely grown in gardens, so care guidance is limited.

Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist while young, letting the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich loam or forest-type mix.
Temperature
Warm year-round, around 22–32 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Andaman & Nicobar Is. to W. Malesia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Melicope glabra is a tree in the family Rutaceae. The specific epithet glabra is from the Latin meaning 'hairless'.

Where it grows

Melicope glabra grows naturally in Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Java and Borneo. Its habitat is primary forest from sea-level to 500 metres (1,600 ft) altitude, sometimes to 1,900 metres (6,200 ft).

Other Melicope plants

Melicope accedens · Auwahi melicope · Melicope affinis · Ballou's melicope · Yellow evodia · False Euodia · Waianae Range melicope · Manena · Melicope clemensiae · Melicope confusa · Melicope contermina · Pilo 'ula

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Melicope glabra by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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