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Melicytus orarius
Melicytus orarius, or Cook Strait māhoe, is a species of flowering plant in the violet family Violaceae.
New Zealand, near the Cook Strait, on the North and South Island islands, and nearby islets.
Porcupine Shrub · Melicytus angustifolius · Thick Leaved Porcupine Plant · Tree Violet · Melicytus flexuosus · Narrow Leaved Māhoe · Melicytus latifolius · Large Leaved Māhoe · Melicytus novae-zelandiae subsp. centurionis · Coastal Mahoe · Mahoe · Whitey Wood
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Melicytus orarius by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
