Vepris nobilis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Rutaceae |
Genus: | Vepris |
Species: | V. nobilis
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Binomial name | |
Vepris nobilis (Delile) Mziray
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Vepris nobilis (syn. Teclea nobilis) is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae, native to the Arabian Peninsula and eastern Africa.[2] A tree, chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) use its leaves to repel the mosquito Anopheles gambiae.[3]