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Melicope elleryana (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley

Reference
Telopea 4:34 (1990)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tree, 6-20 m high. Fl. white-pink, Nov or Jan. Sandy loam over sandstone. Wet conditions, along creeks & springs.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 August 1996

Scientific Description

Tree, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, glabrous. Leaves opposite, compound, 150-280 mm long, with 3 leaflets, each 100-145 mm long, 50-70 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers in axillary, loose clusters (cymes or panicles); calyx present, 1-2 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped); corolla pink or white or cream, petals four, 3-7 mm long, free, glabrous; stamens the same number as petals, smooth, glabrous; anthers 1.5-2.5 mm long, without an appendage; style 4-14 mm long, glabrous. Flowers in January and November. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the Victoria Bonaparte, Ord-Victoria-Plain and Dampierland IBRA region(s).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 14 November 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Dampierland, Ord Victoria Plain, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Keep, Pindanland, Purnululu.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Broome, Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.