Scientific Name: Melicope elleryana

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  • Pronunciation:
    meel-ee-cope ell-er-ee-AH-nah
  • Common Name:
    Pink Euodia, Pink Doughwood
  • Derivation:
    was Euodia elleryana
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    RUTACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Pink flowers to 6mm produced in clusters along branches, summer
  • Fruit:
    Green to brown fruit, 8mm
  • Vegetation Type:
    Rainforest, Wet Eucalypt Forest on sandy soils
  • 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

Slender trunk with silvery grey bark. Trifoliolate leaves - leaflets to 18cm long.

Associated Fauna

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

Landscaping Notes

An ornamental tree, fast growing and flowers at an early age. Adaptable and will tolerate wet soils.