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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.
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.
Habitat:
Distribution
Food source for:
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.

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