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Giant Honey flower
Melianthus major
-37.7847, 144.952
Field Notes
Description:
Large bush withs blue-green serrated leaves - around 2-3m tall & 1-3mwide
Evergreen suckering shrub
Has tobacco-brown flower spikes which hang as per photos
All parts of plant are poisonous
Habitat:
Endemic to South Africa, has become naturalised in Australia, New Zealand & India
Notes:
Seen at Melbourne Zoo so assume they're drought tolerant as per most MZ plantings
Environmental weed from Perth to Bunbury, WA
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