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Melicope incana

Melicope incana is a large forest tree in the citrus family, native to Borneo, Sumatra and Sulawesi, reaching up to 35 m tall. It is a wild rainforest species rather than a commonly grown plant, so care guidance is limited.

Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep soil consistently moist, as it naturally grows in wet forest and swamp edges.
Soil
Moist, fertile, well-drained forest-type soil with plenty of organic matter.
Temperature
Warm tropical conditions; protect from frost and temperatures below 15 °C.
Native range
Sumatera, Borneo, Sulawesi
Climate
wet tropical

About

Melicope incana is a tree in the family Rutaceae. It is native to maritime Southeast Asia.

Where it grows

Melicope incana is native to Borneo, Sumatra and Sulawesi. Its habitat is in primary and secondary forests, sometimes in swamps, at elevations to 800 m (2,600 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 incana 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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