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Melianthus major
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
Endemic to South Africa, has become naturalised in Australia, New Zealand & India
Seen at Melbourne Zoo so assume they're drought tolerant as per most MZ plantings Environmental weed from Perth to Bunbury, WA
Spotted on Aug 27, 2014
Submitted on Aug 29, 2014
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