Pink-flowered doughwood — Melicope elleryana

Melicope elleryana

Food for native birds Host plant for butterflies and insects Shelter for wildlife Resilient garden plant

$8.00

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Plant profile

At a glance

The essentials for finding the right garden position.

Mature size: Height: 6–15 m · Width: 4–8 m
Light: Part shade, Shade
Water: Moist, Seasonally wet
Soil: Loamy, Clay
Drainage: Poorly drained
Vegetation type: Wetlands / Swamps / Creek Margins, Wet Eucalypt, Rainforest
Plant lifespan: Long-lived perennial
Plant form: Trees

Plant ratings

A quick guide to this plant’s value for wildlife and the garden.

Bird food value
Host plant value
Pollinator value
Shelter & habitat value
Flower display
Garden resilience

About this plant

Pink-flowered doughwood brings the scale and character of the local landscape into a larger garden setting. Showy pink flower clusters are produced on older wood and followed by capsules containing glossy black seeds. Use it where its canopy can become part of a layered garden and provide a lasting sense of place.

Image credits:
Mature image: tallarook via iNaturalist — CC0 1.0
Feature image: Poyt448 Peter Woodard via Wikimedia Commons — Public domain

More plant details

Garden uses: Habitat tree, shade or canopy planting, restoration-style garden and layered wildlife corridor; especially suited to sites reflecting Wetlands / Swamps / Creek Margins, Wet Eucalypt, Rainforest.
Wildlife value: Melicope elleryana has some pollinator value, but its flowers are less abundant, less accessible or not a major garden food resource. Melicope elleryana produces substantial fleshy fruit and/or forms a major foraging plant for fruit-eating birds. Melicope elleryana provides useful tree structure for cover, perching and movement through a layered garden.
Flowering and fruiting: Showy pink flower clusters are produced on older wood and followed by capsules containing glossy black seeds.
Growth habit: Woody tree contributing canopy or mid-storey structure; indicative mature size 6–15 m × 4–8 m.
Cautions: A rainforest tree that needs shelter while young and can become large in favourable sites.