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Melicope ternata

Synonyms: Entoganum laevigatum; Fagara octandra

Wikipedia Abstract

Melicope ternata, commonly known as wharangi, is a coastal shrub or small tree in the Rutaceae family that is native to New Zealand. M. ternata has glossy, green, trifoliate foliage and can grow into a tree 8 metres tall. It is found in coastal areas in the North Island.
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Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Pollinators [1]  Bats
Scent [1]  The bruised leaves have a pungent smell of oranges;
Structure [1]  Tree
Height [1]  20 feet (6 m)
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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 4THE DIET OF THE NORTH ISLAND KAKA (NESTOR MERIDIONALIS SEPTENTRIONALIS) ON KAPITI ISLAND, Ron J. Moorhouse, New Zealand Journal of Ecology (1997) 21(2): 141-152
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0