Melicytus

Melicytus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Violaceae. Hymenanthera is a synonym. It includes 19 species native to Australia, New Zealand, and the southwestern Pacific.

==Species== 19 species are accepted. Melicytus alpinus – porcupine shrub (New Zealand) Melicytus angustifolius (New Zealand) [pro. parte synonym of Melicytus dentatus ] Melicytus chathamicus – Chatham Island mahoe (Chatham Islands, New Zealand) Melicytus crassifolius – thick-leaved mahoe (New Zealand) Melicytus dentatus – tree violet (Australia), sometimes present in New Zealand Melicytus drucei – Druce's mahoe, Mt Egmont shrub mahoe Melicytus fasciger Melicytus flexuosus B.P.J.Molloy & A.P.Druce Melicytus improcerus Melicytus lanceolatus – narrow-leaved mahoe Melicytus latifolius Melicytus macrophyllus - large-leaved mahoe Melicytus micranthus – swamp mahoe Melicytus novae-zelandiae – coastal mahoe (New Zealand) Melicytus obovatus (New Zealand) Melicytus orarius Melicytus ramiflorus, J.R. & G. Forster – mahoe or whitey-wood Melicytus × ramilanceolatus Melicytus samoensis Melicytus venosus