Melicope elleryana

Melicope elleryana (2)

Melicope elleryana (3)

Melicope elleryana
“Pink Euodia”

Click here to see if this plant is on our current stock list.

TREE 10 TO 25 METRES TALLBeautiful glossy green foliage, bright pink flowers in Summer & dark brown fruit attract lorikeets. Hardy, fast growing but frost tender. Host to Ulysses, Chequered & Orchard butterflies.

Suitability
Category	Tall Trees: 10m & Over
Family	Rutaceae
Aspect	Full Shade / Filtered Sun
Soil	Moist, Well-drained
Habitat	Sub-Tropical Rainforest
Features
Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Plants, Clay Tolerant Species, Fire Retardant plants
Localities
Ipswich area, Logan City, Pine Rivers, South Stradbroke Island, Sunshine Coast district
Host Plant For These Butterflies
Ulysses Swallowtail (Papilio ulysses)
Nectar & Pollen Food source for Birds Below
Bell Miner (Manorina melanophrys), Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis), Brown Honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta), Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris), Fuscous Honeyeater (Ptilotula fusca), Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii), Little Friarbird (Philemon citreogularis), Little Lorikeet (Parvipsitta pusilla), Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera), Musk lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna), New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae), Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus), Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala), Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus), Red-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus), Regent Honeyeater (Anthochaera phrygia), Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta), Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata), The Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops), Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)