Rutaceae FAMILY
Afraegle paniculata
Afraegle paniculata
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
3/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitEvergreen Tree
Growth—
In the quasi-tropical coastal region near Miami, Florida, which has an unusual type of soil consisting largely of porous-limestone rock intermingled with fine sand or very sandy loam, this species, when well fertilized, makes extraordinary growth - a specimen growing near Coconut Grove, when only four or five years old and only 1.6 - 1.8 metres tall, had a lateral spread of 4.5 - 6 metres[1]. As it grew older, it became much taller but still had long branches[1].
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-19. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Afraegle+paniculata>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]University of California Riverside. Citrus Variety Collection — http://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/alphabetical.html ↩︎A series of fact sheets about various Citrus species and related species, plus varieties. Good photographs, some helpful information on uses.
- [2]The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. — Burkil. H. M. · Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. · 1985 - 2004 ↩︎Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/
- [3]Traditional Vegetables in Benin — Achigan-Dako E. Et al · Darwin Initiative; International Foundation for Science · 2009 ↩︎Issued as a PDF on the Internet, it contains basic information on over 250 species of plants used for food in Benin.
- [4]African Flowering Plants Database — Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. · http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php ↩︎Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
- [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎