Melicytus flexuosus Molloy & A.P.Druce is a plant in the Violaceae family, order Malpighiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Melicytus flexuosus Molloy & A.P.Druce

Melicytus flexuosus Molloy & A.P.Druce

Melicytus flexuosus is a tangled grey New Zealand shrub whose fruit may be dispersed by lizards.

Family
Genus
Melicytus
Order
Malpighiales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Melicytus flexuosus Molloy & A.P.Druce

Melicytus flexuosus Molloy & A.P.Druce is a grey, tangled, densely branched shrub that can grow up to 5 metres (16 feet) tall. Its leaves are typically hidden inside the plant's outer branches. Its fruit may be dispersed by lizards.

Photo: (c) John Barkla, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by John Barkla · cc-by

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Malpighiales Violaceae Melicytus

More from Violaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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