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Napoleonaea vogelii is an evergreen shrub or low-branching tree from West Africa, reaching up to 15 metres with a dense crown. It is a wet tropical species, so it is best kept warm and humid, and it is rarely grown as a houseplant.
Napoleonaea vogelii is an evergreen shrub or a low-branching tree with a dense crown growing up to 15 metres tall. It grows in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Cote D'Ivoire. The bark is used locally to flavour rice and to chew with cola nuts as a stimulant.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Napoleonaea vogelii 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.
