Mock orange
Murraya paniculata ‘Exotica’, Fam. Rutaceae
A shrub to small tree, often multi-stemmed, grey bark becoming fissured with age.
| Weed Category: |
Other invasive plants Invasive plants that are not prohibited or restricted invasive plants, but are known to spread readily and cause negative impacts, within the region.
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| Weed: | Yes |
| Form or habit: | Shrub, Small tree |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Leaf: | Compound Alternate Compound, alternate pinnate, 60-120mm long, leaflets 5-10 dark green elliptic to obovate, 10-90 x 5-60mm, smelling of citrus when crushed. |
| Flower conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Flower colour: |
White |
| Flower description: | White 5-petalled, 20-40mm wide, borne in terminal and axillary sprays; similar in appearance and perfume to citrus flowers. |
| Fruit conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Fruit colour: |
Orange, Red |
| Fruit: | Fleshy |
| Fruit description: | Fleshy berries, orange or red when ripe, 8-20 x 10mm, each containing 1-2 cream or brown seeds. |
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| Distribution | |
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| Toxicity: | No toxicity known |
| Origin: | South east Asia |
| Notes: | Spread by: birds and garden waste. Invades/threats: creek bank communities, open forest and rainforest. Notes: garden escapee. Used extensively in landscaping and now widely naturalised. Environmental weed. |
| Information sources: | Mackay Regional Pest Management Group (2018) Weeds of the Mackay Whitsunday Region Second Edition. |
