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Wild Mandarin

Vepris bremekampii

Also called Wart Berry, Wartberry

Wild Mandarin
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0

Wild mandarin (Vepris bremekampii) is an evergreen shrub or small tree from southern Mozambique and northern South Africa, reaching about 6 m, with small warty fruit resembling citrus. It is rarely grown in gardens, so care guidance is mostly general knowledge for its family.

Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the top of the soil to dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, fertile soil or a peat-based potting mix.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Mozambique to S. Africa
Climate
subtropical

About

Vepris bremekampii (syn. Toddaliopsis bremekampii), the wart-berry or wild mandarin, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae, native to southern Mozambique and northern South Africa. An evergreen shrub or small tree reaching 6 m (20 ft), its 1.4 cm (0.6 in) fruit are wrinkled and warty with a resemblance to Citrus.

Other Vepris plants

Teclea carpopunctifera · Vepris allenii · Vepris arushensis · Vepris bali · Vepris bilocularis · Vepris borenensis · Vepris glaberrima · Vepris glandulosa · Vepris heterophylla · White Ironwood · Vepris lecomteana · Vepris mandangoana

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vepris bremekampii 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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