Melicope xanthoxyloides is a species of small tree in the family Rutaceae and is native to New Guinea and Queensland.

It has trifoliate leaves and small green to yellow or cream-coloured flowers arranged in panicles in leaf axils.

The flowers are arranged in panicles 50–140 mm (2.0–5.5 in) long in leaf axils and are male-only and female-only on separate plants.

Flowering occurs from November to April and the fruit consists of up to four follicles 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long and fused at the base.

It occurs in New Guinea including in the Bismarck Archipelago and from the McIlwraith Range on Cape York Peninsula to the Herbert River in northern Queensland.