Melicytus dentatus

Tree Violet at Chinnock, NSW

Melicytus dentatus at Chinnock, NSW - 17 Aug 2019
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Identification history

Unidentified 18 Aug 2019 hynesker1234

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This wattle had tiny flowers.

3 comments

hynesker1234 wrote:
   19 Aug 2019
Sorry about the dreadful photo quality. Thanks for the ID.
JackieMiles wrote:
   19 Aug 2019
Our place is covered in the stuff so it wasn't hard to recognise even out of focus. Although tiny those flowers exude a powerful smell at this time of year, which comes wafting up out of our gullies.
JackieMiles wrote:
   19 Aug 2019
PS Far from being a wattle, it is actually most closely related to violets!

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Sighting information

  • 1 - 3 Abundance
  • 17 Aug 2019 10:50 AM Recorded on
  • hynesker1234 Recorded by

Additional information

  • True In flower
  • 1/2 cm Flower dimension
  • 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height

Species information

  • Melicytus dentatus Scientific name
  • Tree Violet Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-Invasive
  • Up to 1866.19m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower
  • External link More information
  • Synonyms

    Hymenanthera dentata

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