Vepris samburuensis
Kokwaro
RutaceaeFruit
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows between 1,150-1,520 m above sea level.
Africa, East Africa, Kenya,
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A shrub or tree. The leaves are alternate. They have 3 leaflets. The flowering shrubs are 6-11 cm long. The fruit are 10-15 mm long and 8-15 mm wide they have 4 lobes. The seeds are 8-10 mm long and with one in each section.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Vepris samburuensis is a species of plant in the family Rutaceae. It is endemic to Kenya.
References (1)
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
