Mock Orange

Murraya paniculata Mock Orange

DESCRIPTION

Bushy shrub 2-4 m tall. Alternate compound leaves 6-11.5cm long with 3-9 glossy narrow elliptic leaflets 1.5-7cm long by 1.2-3cm wide, base wedge-shaped, tips pointed.

FLOWERS AND FRUIT

Aromatic white clustered five-petalled flowers in terminal or axillary cymes from late winter to late spring; petals are recurved, five green sepals, 10 stamens. Egg-shaped to oval berry fruit 10mm long mature from green to orange or bright red. Each contains 1-2 yellowish-grey or greenish seeds.

HABITAT AND RANGE

Closed forests, open woodland, riparian areas, forest margins, gardens, roadsides and disturbed areas along coastal Queensland south of its native range. Native to southern China, Taiwan, India, southeast Asia and northern Australia.