Melicope contermina
Melicope contermina is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to Lord Howe Island. It has trifoliate leaves and white flowers borne in leaf axils in panicles of nine to fifteen flowers. Description Melicope contermina is a shrub or tree that typically grows to a height of . It has trifoliate leaves arranged in opposite pairs and long on a petiole long, the leaflets elliptical, long and wide with many oil dots. The end leaflet is on a petiolule long and the side leaflets are asymmetrical and sessile or on a petiolule up to long. The flowers are arranged in groups of nine to fifteen in panicles long. The flowers on each plant are bisexual, sometimes male-only, female only, or both male-only and female-only. The sepals are broadly egg-shaped to round, long and fused at the base. The petals are white or creamy white, long and there are eight stamens. Flowering occurs from late October to late December and the fruit consists of up to four follicles long and fused at the base, the seeds shiny black and long. Taxonomy Melaleuca contermina was first formally described in 1871 by Charles Moore and Ferdinand