Vepris nobilis (Delile) Mziray

A shrub or a medium sized tree. It grows 20 m tall. The trunk does not have branches for 7.5 m. The trunk is often crooked and can be 60 cm across. The leaves are alternate and have 3 leaflets. The leaflets are oval and 5-15 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. They are narrowly oval. They taper to the tip. The flowers are in groups 15 cm long in the axils of leaves or at the ends of branches. The flowers are whitish-yellow. Male and female flowers are separate. The fruit is oval and fleshy. It is 6-8 mm long by 5-6 mm wide and is smooth. It is orange-red and has one seed inside. The seed is oval.

Evergreen (dry) forest, thickets on rocky hills; wooded grassland; riverine formations; rain-forest; lake shores at elevations from 900-2,700 metres, descending to lower elevations in the south of its range.

The ripe fruit are eaten raw.

Plants are grown from seed. Fresh seed should be used. Seeds can only be stored for a few months. Trees can be pruned and cut back and allowed to re-grow.