Melicope vitiflora, commonly known as northern evodia, fishpoison wood, leatherjacket or leatherwood,[2] is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Rutaceae and is native to north-eastern Australia and New Guinea.

Melicope vitiflora is a shrub or tree that typically grows to a height of 14–40 m (46–131 ft) with corky outer bark.

Flowering occurs from October to January and the fruit consists of up to four follicles 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long and joined at the base.

[2][3][4] Northern evodia was first described in 1871 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Euodia vitiflora and published the description in his book, Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae from a specimen collected near Rockingham Bay by John Dallachy.

It occurs in New Guinea and from the McIlwraith Range on Cape York Peninsula to Broken Head in far north-eastern New South Wales.