Scientific Name: Melicope elleryana (was Euodia elleryana)

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  • Pronunciation:
    meel-ee-cope ell-er-ee-AH-nah
  • Common Name:
    Euodia, Pink Doughwood
  • Type:
    Tree , Pioneer
  • Family:
    RUTACEAE
  • Flowers:
    light to dark pink, produced along branches
  • Fruit:
    Dark brown obovoid cocci,1-1.3 cm long, seeds shining black or dark brown
  • Vegetation Type:
    Rainforest, wet eucalypt
  • Species List:
    Weyba Esp, NLTalks2010, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, BSDoonan, Cooloothin Corner, Fraser Island, Mill Point, Johns, Cranks Creek, Upper Yandina Creek, Boreen Point, Leslie Drive Roundabout, Noosa North Shore PS, TAFE, Noosa Banks, BHNR, Noosa River NP, NNS Fern Track, Kin Kin Arboretum, NNS, Wallace Park, Heritage Park, Regional Ecosystem 12.3.5.
Identification Notes

Trunk: Slender with silvery grey bark, |Leaves: trifoliolate.||

Associated Fauna

Birds are attracted to flowers and fruit. Lewin's Honeyeater .

Landscaping Notes

Noosa Council Preferred Species list . Fast growing. Average soils. Surface roots are intrusive and may damage paving.||Used as an ornamental street tree. ||Propagation from seed, ripening July-December, which germinates unpredictably. Flowers at an early age. Tough, fast growing and tolerates wet soils.||Successfully propagated by Coolum Community Native Nursery|Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery|Successfully propagated by Florabunda Bushcare nursery, Woombye|Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery|Successfully propagated by Noosa & District Landcare||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||