# Melicope

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***Melicope*** is a genus of about 240 species of shrubs and trees in the family [Rutaceae](/source/Rutaceae), occurring from the [Hawaiian Islands](/source/Hawaiian_Islands) across the Pacific Ocean to tropical Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Plants in the genus *Melicope* have simple or [trifoliate](/source/Glossary_of_leaf_morphology#trifoliate) leaves arranged in opposite pairs, flowers arranged in [panicles](/source/Panicle), with four [sepals](/source/Sepal), four petals and four or eight [stamens](/source/Stamen) and fruit composed of up to four [follicles](/source/Follicle_(fruit)).

## Description

Plants in the genus *Melicope* have simple or trifoliate leaves arranged in opposite pairs, or sometimes [whorled](/source/Whorl_(botany)). The flowers are arranged in panicles and are [bisexual](/source/Plant_reproductive_morphology#Bisexual) or sometimes with functionally male- or female-only flowers. The flowers have four sepals, four petals and four or eight stamens. There are four, sometimes five, [carpels](/source/Gynoecium#Carpels) fused at the base with fused [styles](/source/Style_(botany)), the [stigma](/source/Stigma_(botany)) similar to the tip of the style. The fruit is composed of up to four follicles fused at the base, each with one or two seeds.[2][3][4]

## Taxonomy

The genus *Melicope* was first formally described in 1775 by [Johann Reinhold Forster](/source/Johann_Reinhold_Forster) and his son [Georg Forster](/source/Georg_Forster) in their book *[Characteres Generum Plantarum](/source/Characteres_Generum_Plantarum)* and the first species they described (the [type](/source/Type_(biology)) species) was *[Melicope ternata](/source/Melicope_ternata)*.[5]

The generic name *Melicope* is derived from [Greek](/source/Greek_language) words μελι (*meli*), meaning "honey," and κοπη (*kope*), meaning "a division," referring to the glands at the base of the ovary.[6] The 2009 [Takhtajan system](/source/Takhtajan_system) placed the genus in the [subfamily](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Rutoideae](/source/Rutoideae), [tribe](/source/Tribe_(biology)) [Zanthoxyleae](/source/Zanthoxyleae).[7] A 2021 subfamily classification of the Rutaceae, based both on a new and previous [molecular phylogenetic](/source/Molecular_phylogenetics) studies, places *Melicope* (with an expanded [circumscription](/source/Circumscription_(taxonomy))) in the subfamily [Zanthoxyloideae](/source/Zanthoxyloideae), stating that the evidence does not yet support classification to tribal level.[8]

Evidence from 2007 onwards showed that with its traditional circumscription, *Melicope* was not monophyletic. The previously separated genus *Platydesma* of four species is nested within the genus *Melicope* and is sister to all Hawaiian *Melicope* species. And while *Melicope* species are usually [dioecious](/source/Dioecious) (individual plants only bear either male or female flowers), the flowers of the former *Platydesma* are [hermaphroditic](/source/Plant_sexuality), suggesting a rare evolutionary reversion away from dioecy in *Platydesma*.[9] Molecular phylogenetic analyses also suggest that the genera *[Comptonella](/source/Comptonella)*, *[Dutaillyea](/source/Dutaillyea)*, *[Picrella](/source/Picrella)*, and possibly *[Dutailliopsis](/source/Dutailliopsis)*, all from [New Caledonia](/source/New_Caledonia), might also be nested in *Melicope*,[10] although they are accepted in the 2021 classification, as is the temperate Asian genus *[Tetradium](/source/Tetradium)*,[8] which has sometimes been merged into *Melicope* (possibly including the tropical *[Euodia](/source/Euodia_(plant))*).[11][9]

## Ecology

Melicopes are foodplants for various animals, mainly [invertebrates](/source/Invertebrate). Caterpillars of the [Ulysses butterfly](/source/Ulysses_butterfly) (*Papilio ulysses*) are fond of *[M. elleryana](/source/Melicope_elleryana)*. Caterpillars of *[Thyrocopa](/source/Thyrocopa)* moths have been found on *[M. clusiifolia](/source/Melicope_clusiifolia)*. The larvae of some [belid](/source/Belidae) weevils from the genus *[Proterhinus](/source/Proterhinus)* also feed on *Melicope* although they prefer unhealthy, dying or dead specimens. The plants of some species may not be safe for humans. The nectar of [wharangi](/source/Wharangi) (*[M. ternata](/source/Melicope_ternata)*) is known to yield [toxic honey](/source/Toxic_honey) that may kill whoever eats it.[12]

## Conservation

Several of the Hawaiian species are listed as "endangered" by the [Government of the United States of America](/source/Federal_government_of_the_United_States), due to habitat loss and competition from invasive non-native plants. A few species are already [extinct](/source/Extinct).

### Species list

The following is a list of species accepted by [Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) as of July 2020:[13]

- *[Melicope aberrans](/source/Melicope_aberrans)* [T.G.Hartley](/source/Thomas_Gordon_Hartley) – New Guinea (N.G.)
- *[Melicope accedens](/source/Melicope_accedens)* (Blume) T.G.Hartley – tropical Asia
- *[Melicope acuminata](/source/Melicope_acuminata)* (Merr.) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope adscendens](/source/Melicope_adscendens)* (H.St.John & Hume) T.G.Hartley & [B.C.Stone](/source/Benjamin_Clemens_Stone) - Hawaii
- *[Melicope aequata](/source/Melicope_aequata)* T.G.Hartley – N.G.
- *[Melicope affinis](/source/Melicope_affinis)* T.G.Hartley – Queensland (Qld.)
- *[Melicope alba](/source/Melicope_alba)* Lauterb. – N.G.
- *[Melicope albiflora](/source/Melicope_albiflora)* (Rech.) T.G.Hartley – Samoa
- *[Melicope alpestris](/source/Melicope_alpestris)* T.G.Hartley – Philippines
- *[Melicope aneura](/source/Melicope_aneura)* (Lauterb.) T.G.Hartley – N.G.
- *[Melicope anisata](/source/Melicope_anisata)* ([H.Mann](/source/Horace_Mann_Jr.)) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone mokihana – Hawaii (?)
- *[Melicope anomala](/source/Melicope_anomala)* (Lauterb.) T.G.Hartley – N.G.
- *[Melicope bakeri](/source/Melicope_bakeri)* T.G.Hartley – Madagascar
- *[Melicope balankazo](/source/Melicope_balankazo)* (H.Perrier) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope balansae](/source/Melicope_balansae)* Guillaumin – New Caledonia (N.C.)
- *[Melicope balgooyi](/source/Melicope_balgooyi)* Appelhans, W.L.Wagner & K.R.Wood – [Tubuai](/source/Tubuai)
- *[Melicope balloui](/source/Melicope_balloui)* (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone rock pelea – Hawaii
- *[Melicope barbigera](/source/Melicope_barbigera)* A.Gray – Hawaii
- *[Melicope belahe](/source/Melicope_belahe)* (Baill.) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope benguetensis](/source/Melicope_benguetensis)* (Elmer) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope blancoi](/source/Melicope_blancoi)* T.G.Hartley – Philippines
- *[Melicope bonwickii](/source/Melicope_bonwickii)* (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley – Java, Borneo, the Philippines, N.G., Qld.
- *[Melicope borbonica](/source/Melicope_borbonica)* (Bory) T.G.Hartley bois de catafaille blanc – [Réunion](/source/R%C3%A9union)
- *[Melicope boweriana](/source/Melicope_boweriana)* (Christoph.) T.G.Hartley – Samoa
- *[Melicope bracteata](/source/Melicope_bracteata)* (Nadeaud) S.L.Welsh – Cook Islands, Tubuai, Society Islands
- *[Melicope brassii](/source/Melicope_brassii)* T.G.Hartley – N.G.
- *[Melicope broadbentiana](/source/Melicope_broadbentiana)* F.M.Bailey – Qld.
- *[Melicope buennemeijeri](/source/Melicope_buennemeijeri)* T.G.Hartley – Sumatra
- *[Melicope burmahia](/source/Melicope_burmahia)* (Raizada & K.Naray.) T.G.Hartley – Myanmar
- *[Melicope burttiana](/source/Melicope_burttiana)* B.C.Stone – Solomon Islands, [Santa Cruz Island](/source/Santa_Cruz_Island)
- *[Melicope buwaldae](/source/Melicope_buwaldae)* T.G.Hartley – Sumatra
- *[Melicope calycina](/source/Melicope_calycina)* T.G.Hartley – [Lesser Sunda Islands](/source/Lesser_Sunda_Islands)
- *[Melicope capillacea](/source/Melicope_capillacea)* (Gillespie) A.C.Sm. – Fiji
- *[Melicope carrii](/source/Melicope_carrii)* T.G.Hartley – N.G.
- *[Melicope celebica](/source/Melicope_celebica)* T.G.Hartley – [Sulawesi](/source/Sulawesi)
- *[Melicope chapelieri](/source/Melicope_chapelieri)* (Baill.) T.G.Hartley – [Mauritius](/source/Mauritius)
- *[Melicope christophersenii](/source/Melicope_christophersenii)* (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope chunii](/source/Melicope_chunii)* (Merr.) T.G.Hartley – [Hainan](/source/Hainan)
- *[Melicope cinerea](/source/Melicope_cinerea)* A.Gray – Hawaii
- *[Melicope clemensiae](/source/Melicope_clemensiae)* T.G.Hartley – Borneo
- *[Melicope clusiifolia](/source/Melicope_clusiifolia)* (A.Gray) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope conjuga](/source/Melicope_conjuga)* T.G.Hartley – N.G. to [Bismarck Archipelago](/source/Bismarck_Archipelago)
- *[Melicope contermina](/source/Melicope_contermina)* C.Moore & F.Muell. – [Lord Howe Island](/source/Lord_Howe_Island)
- *[Melicope coodeana](/source/Melicope_coodeana)* T.G.Hartley – Réunion
- *[Melicope corneri](/source/Melicope_corneri)* T.G.Hartley – [Peninsula Malaysia](/source/Peninsula_Malaysia)
- *[Melicope cornuta](/source/Melicope_cornuta)* (Hillebr.) Appelhans, K.R.Wood & W.L.Wagner – Hawaii
- *[Melicope crassifolia](/source/Melicope_crassifolia)* (Merr.) T.G.Hartley – Vietnam
- *[Melicope crassiramis](/source/Melicope_crassiramis)* (K.Schum.) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope cravenii](/source/Melicope_cravenii)* T.G.Hartley – N.G.
- *[Melicope crispula](/source/Melicope_crispula)* (Merr. & L.M.Perry) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope cruciata](/source/Melicope_cruciata)* (A.Heller) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone cross-bearing pelea (extinct) – Hawaii
- *[Melicope cucullata](/source/Melicope_cucullata)* (Gillespie) A.C.Sm. – Fiji
- *[Melicope degeneri](/source/Melicope_degeneri)* (B.C.Stone) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope denhamii](/source/Melicope_denhamii)* (Seem.) T.G.Hartley – N.G., [Vanuatu](/source/Vanuatu), Santa Cruz Island
- *[Melicope dicksoniana](/source/Melicope_dicksoniana)* T.G.Hartley – N.G.
- *[Melicope discolor](/source/Melicope_discolor)* (Baker) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope doormani-montis](/source/Melicope_doormani-montis)* (Lauterb.) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope dubia](/source/Melicope_dubia)* (Merr.) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope durifolia](/source/Melicope_durifolia)* (K.Schum.) T.G.Hartley – N.G.
- *[Melicope elleryana](/source/Melicope_elleryana)* (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley – N.G., Solomon Islands, Santa Cruz Island, Qld.
- *[Melicope elliptica](/source/Melicope_elliptica)* A.Gray – Hawaii
- *[Melicope eriophylla](/source/Melicope_eriophylla)* (Merr. & L.M.Perry) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope erromangensis](/source/Melicope_erromangensis)* T.G.Hartley – Vanuatu
- *[Melicope euneura](/source/Melicope_euneura)* (Miq.) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope evanensis](/source/Melicope_evanensis)* (A.C.Sm.) A.C.Sm. – Fiji
- *[Melicope exuta](/source/Melicope_exuta)* T.G.Hartley – N.G.
- *[Melicope fatraina](/source/Melicope_fatraina)* (H.Perrier) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope fatuhivensis](/source/Melicope_fatuhivensis)* (F.Br.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – [Marquesas Islands](/source/Marquesas_Islands)
- *[Melicope feddei](/source/Melicope_feddei)* (H.Lév.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope fellii](/source/Melicope_fellii)* T.G.Hartley – Qld.
- *[Melicope flaviflora](/source/Melicope_flaviflora)* A.C.Sm. – Fiji
- *[Melicope floribunda](/source/Melicope_floribunda)* (Baker) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope forbesii](/source/Melicope_forbesii)* (Baker f.) T.G.Hartley – Santa Cruz Island
- *[Melicope frutescens](/source/Melicope_frutescens)* (Blanco) Appelhans & J.Wen
- *[Melicope fulva](/source/Melicope_fulva)* (Guillaumin) B.C.Stone – N.C.
- *[Melicope glabella](/source/Melicope_glabella)* T.G.Hartley – Philippines
- *[Melicope glaberrima](/source/Melicope_glaberrima)* Guillaumin – N.C.
- *[Melicope glabra](/source/Melicope_glabra)* (Blume) T.G.Hartley – Malaysia, [Andaman and Nicobar Islands](/source/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands)
- *[Melicope glomerata](/source/Melicope_glomerata)* (Craib) T.G.Hartley – [Mainland Southeast Asia](/source/Mainland_Southeast_Asia)
- *[Melicope goilalensis](/source/Melicope_goilalensis)* T.G.Hartley – N.G.
- *[Melicope grisea](/source/Melicope_grisea)* (Planch.) T.G.Hartley – [Bonin Islands](/source/Bonin_Islands) to [Volcano Islands](/source/Volcano_Islands)
- *[Melicope haleakalae](/source/Melicope_haleakalae)* (B.C.Stone) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Maui ruta tree (extinct) – Hawaii
- *[Melicope haupuensis](/source/Melicope_haupuensis)* (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope hawaiensis](/source/Melicope_hawaiensis)* (Wawra) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope hayesii](/source/Melicope_hayesii)* T.G.Hartley – Qld., New South Wales (N.S.W.)
- *[Melicope hiepkoi](/source/Melicope_hiepkoi)* T.G.Hartley – N.G.
- *[Melicope hiiakae](/source/Melicope_hiiakae)* (B.C.Stone) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope hivaoaensis](/source/Melicope_hivaoaensis)* J.Florence – Marquesas
- *[Melicope homeophylla](/source/Melicope_homeophylla)* A.C.Sm. – Fiji
- *[Melicope hookeri](/source/Melicope_hookeri)* T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope hosakae](/source/Melicope_hosakae)* (H.St.John) W.L.Wagner & R.K.Shannon – Hawaii
- *[Melicope idiocarpa](/source/Melicope_idiocarpa)* T.G.Hartley – [Sulawesi](/source/Sulawesi)
- *[Melicope improvisa](/source/Melicope_improvisa)* T.G.Hartley – N.G.
- *[Melicope incana](/source/Melicope_incana)* T.G.Hartley – Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi
- *[Melicope indica](/source/Melicope_indica)* Wight
- *[Melicope inopinata](/source/Melicope_inopinata)* J.Florence – Marquesas
- *[Melicope irifica](/source/Melicope_irifica)* (Coode) T.G.Hartley – Réunion
- *[Melicope jonesii](/source/Melicope_jonesii)* T.G.Hartley – Qld.
- *[Melicope jugosa](/source/Melicope_jugosa)* T.G.Hartley – Borneo
- *[Melicope kaalaensis](/source/Melicope_kaalaensis)* (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope kainantuensis](/source/Melicope_kainantuensis)* T.G.Hartley – N.G.
- *[Melicope kavaiensis](/source/Melicope_kavaiensis)* (H.Mann) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope kjellbergii](/source/Melicope_kjellbergii)* T.G.Hartley – Sulawesi
- *[Melicope knudsenii](/source/Melicope_knudsenii)* (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Knudsen's melicope – Hawaii
- *[Melicope kostermansii](/source/Melicope_kostermansii)* T.G.Hartley – [Maluku Islands](/source/Maluku_Islands) to N.G.
- *[Melicope laevis](/source/Melicope_laevis)* T.G.Hartley – Vanuatu
- *[Melicope lamii](/source/Melicope_lamii)* Lauterb. – N.G.
- *[Melicope lasioneura](/source/Melicope_lasioneura)* (Baill.) Baill. ex Guillaumin
- *[Melicope latifolia](/source/Melicope_latifolia)* (DC.) T.G.Hartley – Malaysia, Lesser Sunda Island, Myanmar, Samoa, Santa Cruz Island
- *[Melicope lauterbachii](/source/Melicope_lauterbachii)* T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope laxa](/source/Melicope_laxa)* (Elmer)T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope leptococca](/source/Melicope_leptococca)* Guillaumin – N.C.
- *[Melicope littoralis](/source/Melicope_littoralis)* (Endl.) T.G.Hartley ex P.S.Green – [Norfolk Island](/source/Norfolk_Island)
- *[Melicope lobocarpa](/source/Melicope_lobocarpa)* (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope longior](/source/Melicope_longior)* T.G.Hartley – Bismarck Archipelago
- *[Melicope lucida](/source/Melicope_lucida)* (A.Gray) A.C.Sm. – Pacific Islands
- *[Melicope lunu-ankenda](/source/Melicope_lunu-ankenda)* (Gaertn.) T.G.Hartley – Tibet, tropical Asia
- *[Melicope lydgatei](/source/Melicope_lydgatei)* (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone - Hawaii
- *[Melicope macgregorii](/source/Melicope_macgregorii)* T.G.Hartley – N.G.
- *[Melicope macrocarpa](/source/Melicope_macrocarpa)* (King) T.G.Hartley – Malaysia
- *[Melicope macrophylla](/source/Melicope_macrophylla)* Merr. & L.M.Perry – N.G.
- *[Melicope macropus](/source/Melicope_macropus)* (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope madagascariensis](/source/Melicope_madagascariensis)* (Baker) T.G.Hartley – Madagascar
- *[Melicope magnifolia](/source/Melicope_magnifolia)* (Baill.) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope makahae](/source/Melicope_makahae)* (B.C.Stone) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope maliliensis](/source/Melicope_maliliensis)* T.G.Hartley – Sulawesi
- *[Melicope margaretae](/source/Melicope_margaretae)* (F.Br.) T.G.Hartley – [Tuamotus](/source/Tuamotus)
- *[Melicope maxii](/source/Melicope_maxii)* T.G.Hartley – Sulawesi
- *[Melicope megastigma](/source/Melicope_megastigma)* T.G.Hartley – Maluku Islands
- *[Melicope micrococca](/source/Melicope_micrococca)* (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley white euodia – Qld., N.S.W.
- *[Melicope mindorensis](/source/Melicope_mindorensis)* T.G.Hartley – Philippines
- *[Melicope molokaiensis](/source/Melicope_molokaiensis)* (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope moluccana](/source/Melicope_moluccana)* T.G.Hartley – Maluku Islands
- *[Melicope montana](/source/Melicope_montana)* Baker f. – N.C.
- *[Melicope monticola](/source/Melicope_monticola)* T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope mucronata](/source/Melicope_mucronata)* Merr. & L.M.Perry – N.G.
- *[Melicope mucronulata](/source/Melicope_mucronulata)* (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope munroi](/source/Melicope_munroi)* (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope nealae](/source/Melicope_nealae)* (B.C.Stone) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope neglecta](/source/Melicope_neglecta)* T.G.Hartley – Java to Lesser Sunda Islands
- *[Melicope nishimurae](/source/Melicope_nishimurae)* (Koidz.) T.Yamaz. – Bonin Islands
- *[Melicope novoguineensis](/source/Melicope_novoguineensis)* Valeton – N.G.
- *[Melicope nubicola](/source/Melicope_nubicola)* T.G.Hartley – Solomon Islands
- *[Melicope nukuhivensis](/source/Melicope_nukuhivensis)* (F.Br.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Marquesas
- *[Melicope oahuensis](/source/Melicope_oahuensis)* (H.Lév.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope oblanceolata](/source/Melicope_oblanceolata)* T.G.Hartley – N.G.
- *[Melicope obovata](/source/Melicope_obovata)* (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone obovate melicope (extinct) – Hawaii
- *[Melicope obscura](/source/Melicope_obscura)* (Cordem.) T.G.Hartley – Réunion
- *[Melicope obtusifolia](/source/Melicope_obtusifolia)* (DC.) T.G.Hartley gros catafaille – Mauritius
- *[Melicope oppenheimeri](/source/Melicope_oppenheimeri)* K.R.Wood, Appelhans & W.L.Wagner
- *[Melicope orbicularis](/source/Melicope_orbicularis)* (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone orbicular pelea – Hawaii
- *[Melicope ovalis](/source/Melicope_ovalis)* (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone wild pelea – Hawaii
- *[Melicope ovata](/source/Melicope_ovata)* (H.St.John & E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope pachyphylla](/source/Melicope_pachyphylla)* (King) T.G.Hartley – Malaysia
- *[Melicope pachypoda](/source/Melicope_pachypoda)* (Lauterb.) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope pahangensis](/source/Melicope_pahangensis)* T.G.Hartley – [Laos](/source/Laos)
- *[Melicope palawensis](/source/Melicope_palawensis)* (Lauterb.) T.G.Hartley – Philippines
- *[Melicope pallida](/source/Melicope_pallida)* (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope paniculata](/source/Melicope_paniculata)* (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Lihue ruta tree – Hawaii
- *[Melicope papuana](/source/Melicope_papuana)* (Lauterb.) Lauterb. – N.G.
- *[Melicope patulinervia](/source/Melicope_patulinervia)* (Merr. & Chun) C.C.Huang – Hainan
- *[Melicope pauciflora](/source/Melicope_pauciflora)* T.G.Hartley – Sulawesi
- *[Melicope pedicellata](/source/Melicope_pedicellata)* T.G.Hartley – N.C.
- *[Melicope peduncularis](/source/Melicope_peduncularis)* (H.Lév.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope pendula](/source/Melicope_pendula)* T.G.Hartley – Solomon Islands
- *[Melicope peninsularis](/source/Melicope_peninsularis)* T.G.Hartley – Qld.
- *[Melicope pergamentacea](/source/Melicope_pergamentacea)* (Elmer) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope perlmanii](/source/Melicope_perlmanii)* J.Florence – Marquesas
- *[Melicope perryae](/source/Melicope_perryae)* T.G.Hartley – N.G.
- *[Melicope petiolaris](/source/Melicope_petiolaris)* T.G.Hartley – N.G.
- *[Melicope phanerophlebia](/source/Melicope_phanerophlebia)* (Merr. & L.M.Perry) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope polydenia](/source/Melicope_polydenia)* Merr. & L.M.Perry – N.G.
- *[Melicope polybotrya](/source/Melicope_polybotrya)* (C.Moore & F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley ex P.S.Green Lord Howe Island
- *[Melicope ponapensis](/source/Melicope_ponapensis)* Lauterb. – [Caroline Islands](/source/Caroline_Islands)
- *[Melicope pseudoanisata](/source/Melicope_pseudoanisata)* (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope pteleifolia](/source/Melicope_pteleifolia)* (Champ. ex Benth.) T.G.Hartley – southern China to Indochina, Taiwan
- *[Melicope puberula](/source/Melicope_puberula)* (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope pubifolia](/source/Melicope_pubifolia)* Merr. & L.M.Perry – N.G.
- *[Melicope pulgarensis](/source/Melicope_pulgarensis)* (Elmer) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope quadrangularis](/source/Melicope_quadrangularis)* (H.St.John & E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone four-angled pelea – Hawaii
- *[Melicope quadrilocularis](/source/Melicope_quadrilocularis)* (Hook. & Arn.) T.G.Hartley – Bonin Islands
- *[Melicope radiata](/source/Melicope_radiata)* (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope ramuliflora](/source/Melicope_ramuliflora)* T.G.Hartley – Sumatra
- *[Melicope reflexa](/source/Melicope_reflexa)* (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope remyi](/source/Melicope_remyi)* (Sherff) Appelhans, K.R.Wood & W.L.Wagner – Hawaii
- *[Melicope reticulata](/source/Melicope_reticulata)* Lauterb. – N.G.
- *[Melicope retusa](/source/Melicope_retusa)* (A.Gray) T.G.Hartley – southwest Pacific
- *[Melicope revoluta](/source/Melicope_revoluta)* J.Florence – Marquesas
- *[Melicope rhytidocarpa](/source/Melicope_rhytidocarpa)* (Merr. & L.M.Perry) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope richii](/source/Melicope_richii)* {A.Gray) T.G.Hartley – Samoa
- *[Melicope ridsdalei](/source/Melicope_ridsdalei)* T.G.Hartley – N.G.
- *[Melicope rigoensis](/source/Melicope_rigoensis)* T.G.Hartley – N.G.
- *[Melicope robbinsii](/source/Melicope_robbinsii)* T.G.Hartley – N.G.
- *[Melicope robusta](/source/Melicope_robusta)* A.C.Sm. – Fiji
- *[Melicope rostrata](/source/Melicope_rostrata)* (Hillebr.) Appelhans, K.R.Wood & W.L.Wagner – Hawaii
- *[Melicope rotundifolia](/source/Melicope_rotundifolia)* (A.Gray) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope rubra](/source/Melicope_rubra)* (K.Schum. & Lauterb.) T.G.Hartley – N.G., Qld.
- *[Melicope saint-johnii](/source/Melicope_saint-johnii)* (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone St John's pelea – Hawaii
- *[Melicope sambiranensis](/source/Melicope_sambiranensis)* (H.Perrier) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope sandwicensis](/source/Melicope_sandwicensis)* (Hook. & Arn.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope savaiensis](/source/Melicope_savaiensis)* T.G.Hartley – Samoa
- *[Melicope schraderi](/source/Melicope_schraderi)* (Lauterb.) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope seemannii](/source/Melicope_seemannii)* (Gillespie) A.C.Sm. – Fiji, Tonga
- *[Melicope segregis](/source/Melicope_segregis)* (Cordem.) T.G.Hartley – Réunion
- *[Melicope semecarpifolia](/source/Melicope_semecarpifolia)* (Merr.) T.G.Hartley – Taiwan to Philippines
- *[Melicope sessilifolia](/source/Melicope_sessilifolia)* (Merr.) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope sessilis](/source/Melicope_sessilis)* (H.Lév.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope simplex](/source/Melicope_simplex)* A.Cunn. poataniwha – New Zealand
- *[Melicope sororia](/source/Melicope_sororia)* T.G.Hartley – Borneo
- *[Melicope spathulata](/source/Melicope_spathulata)* A.Gray – Hawaii
- *[Melicope steenisii](/source/Melicope_steenisii)* T.G.Hartley – Sumatra
- *[Melicope stellulata](/source/Melicope_stellulata)* T.G.Hartley – N.G.
- *[Melicope sterrophylla](/source/Melicope_sterrophylla)* Merr. & L.M.Perry – N.G.
- *[Melicope stonei](/source/Melicope_stonei)* K.R.Wood, Appelhans & W.L.Wagner – Hawaii
- *[Melicope suberosa](/source/Melicope_suberosa)* B.C.Stone – Peninsula Malaysia
- *[Melicope subunifoliolata](/source/Melicope_subunifoliolata)* (Stapf) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope sudestica](/source/Melicope_sudestica)* T.G.Hartley – N.G.
- *[Melicope sulcata](/source/Melicope_sulcata)* T.G.Hartley – Samoa
- *[Melicope tahitensis](/source/Melicope_tahitensis)* Nadeaud – Society Island, N.C.
- *[Melicope taveuniensis](/source/Melicope_taveuniensis)* A.C.Sm. – Fiji
- *[Melicope tekaoensis](/source/Melicope_tekaoensis)* T.G.Hartley – Marquesas
- *[Melicope ternata](/source/Melicope_ternata)* J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. wharangi – New Zealand
- *[Melicope timorensis](/source/Melicope_timorensis)* T.G.Hartley – Lesser Sunda Islands
- *[Melicope trachycarpa](/source/Melicope_trachycarpa)* Lauterb. – N.G.
- *[Melicope trichantha](/source/Melicope_trichantha)* (Lauterb.) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope trichopetala](/source/Melicope_trichopetala)* (Lauterb.) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope triphylla](/source/Melicope_triphylla)* (Lam.) Merr. – Indo-China to [Ryukyu Islands](/source/Ryukyu_Islands) and SW. Pacific
- *[Melicope tsaratananensis](/source/Melicope_tsaratananensis)* (Capuron) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope vatiana](/source/Melicope_vatiana)* (Setch.) T.G.Hartley – Samoa
- *[Melicope versteeghii](/source/Melicope_versteeghii)* T.G.Hartley – N.G.
- *[Melicope vieillardii](/source/Melicope_vieillardii)* (Baill.) Guillaumin – N.C.
- *[Melicope villosa](/source/Melicope_villosa)* (Merr.) T.G.Hartley
- *[Melicope vinkii](/source/Melicope_vinkii)* T.G.Hartley – N.G.
- *[Melicope viticina](/source/Melicope_viticina)* (Wall. ex Kurz) T.G.Hartley – Yunan to Indo-China
- *[Melicope vitiflora](/source/Melicope_vitiflora)* (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley – N.G., Qld., N.S.W.
- *[Melicope volcanica](/source/Melicope_volcanica)* (A.Gray) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope waialealae](/source/Melicope_waialealae)* (Wawra) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope wailauensis](/source/Melicope_wailauensis)* (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope wawraeana](/source/Melicope_wawraeana)* (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Hawaii
- *[Melicope woitapensis](/source/Melicope_woitapensis)* T.G.Hartley – N.G.
- *[Melicope xanthoxyloides](/source/Melicope_xanthoxyloides)* (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley – Qld., N.G.
- *[Melicope zahlbruckneri](/source/Melicope_zahlbruckneri)* (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Zahlbruckner's melicope
- *[Melicope zambalensis](/source/Melicope_zambalensis)* (Elmer) T.G.Hartley

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## External links

- (1983): *Flora Apcola Tropical* [in Spanish]. Editorial Tecnologico de Costa Rica, Cartago, Costa Rica.
- (1989): Reduction of *Pelea* with new combinations in *Melicope* (Rutaceae). *Taxon* **38**(1): 119–123. [First page image](https://www.jstor.org/pss/1220910)

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