dentatus (East Gippsland variant) Melicytus angustifolius (DC.)

Garn.-Jones Melicytus dentatus, the tree violet, is a shrub that is native to south-east Australia.

It grows up to 4 metres high and has branchlets that are often armed with spines and have leaves that are 5 to 50 mm long and sometimes toothed.

[2] The flowers appear in spring and summer and are pale yellow, 3 to 5 mm in length, and have petals that are recurved at the tips.

These are followed by pale green to purple-black, rounded berries which are 4 to 5 mm in diameter.