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Vepris nobilis

Vepris nobilis
Photo: EverJoking, CC BY 4.0

Vepris nobilis is a species of tree in the citrus family (Rutaceae), native to eastern Africa and the southwestern Arabian Peninsula. It is grown only rarely outside its native range, so practical cultivation information is limited.

Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let the top of the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile soil or a loam-based mix.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Ethiopia to S. Trop. Africa, SW. Arabian Pen.
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Vepris nobilis (syn. Teclea nobilis) is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae, native to the Arabian Peninsula and eastern Africa. A tree, chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) use its leaves to repel the mosquito Anopheles gambiae.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vepris nobilis 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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