Myrsine variabilis, Muttonwood

Myrsine variabilis, Muttonwood

Myrsine variabilis, Muttonwood

Myrsine variabilis
“Muttonwood”

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TREE FROM 6 TO 12 METRES TALLAttractive bushy tree with shiny, toothed leaves, clusters of cream flowers along old wood in Winter/Spring, followed by profuse blue fruits. Host to White Lineblue butterfly.

Suitability
Category	Small Trees up to 10m
Family	Myrsinaceae
Aspect	Full Shade / Filtered Sun
Soil	Adaptable
Habitat	Dry Rainforest
Features
Bird Attracting, Bush Food Plants, Butterfly Plants, Creek Species, Frost Tolerant Plants
Localities
Ashgrove, Cubberla Creek, Enoggera Catchment, Enoggera Ck Corridor, Ipswich area, Logan City, Lota, Manly, Manly West, Pine Rivers, South Brisbane, South Stradbroke Island, St Lucia, West End, Westlake, Wynnum
Host Plant For These Butterflies
White-banded Line-blue (Nacaduba kurava parma)
Fruit & Berry Food source for Birds Below
Australian King-parrot (Alisterus scapularis), Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis), Brown Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia phasianella), Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae), Common Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea), Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans), Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii), Little Lorikeet (Parvipsitta pusilla), Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus), Pacific Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps longirostris), Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina), Red-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus), Rose-crowned Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus regina), Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis), Superb Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus superbus), Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor), Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus), White-headed Pigeon (Columba leucomela), Wompoo Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus magnificus), Wonga Pigeon (Leucosarcia melanoleuca)