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Accession Data:

Melicytus ramiflorus Forster & Forster f.

  • Common Name: Whitey Wood
  • Family: Violaceae Batsch.

  • Country of Origin: New Zealand (North & South Islands, Stewart Island)
  • Habitat: Lowland to montane light forest and forest margins

  • Description: Dioecious, male and female plants must be grown if fruit and seed is required.
  • Culture: Sunny location, well-drained, medium fertility soil.
  • USDA Zone: 9-10

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199900073
  • Source: Chris Simon
  • Accession Date: 07-12-1999
  • Bench: 2317 - Sm Aquatic Tanks
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 04-16-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Malpighiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Violaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
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Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013

References (internal):

  • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: New Zealand North / New Zealand South

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, May 04, 2016.
  2. Melicytus ramiflorus at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Friday, February 09, 2018.

data regenerated on Wed, 16 Apr 2025 13:42:04 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Violaceae

  • Melicytus ramiflorus
  • Viola banksii
  • Viola delphiniifolia
  • Viola hederacea
  • Viola labradorica
  • Viola odorata
W/C = Wild Collected
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