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Macadamia integrifolia - 1(31); 3(16); 5(68); 11(78)

Macadamia spotting bug – 4 (64)

Macaranga tanarius - 1(74)

Macathur Palm – see Ptychosperma macarthurii

Macaw Palm – see Aiphanes minima

Mackinlaya macrosciadea – 4(53)

Macropodus opercularis – 11(63)

Macrozamia - 1(61)

Macrozamia lucida – 18(18)

Macrozamia miquelii – 18 (18)

Macrozamia moorei – 6(40); 17(11, 12); 18(36)

Madagascar Beans - see Phaseolus lunatus

Madagascar Cherry Tree – see Dombeya cacuminium

Madagascar Jasmine – see Stephanotis floribunda

Madagascar Palm – see Dypsis pinnatifrons; Pachypodium geayi; Pachypodium lamerei

Madagascar Sago – see Cycas thouarsii

Madeira Vine – see Anredera cordifolia

Madoni Grandiflorum – see Nerium oleander

Madonna Lily – see Spathiphyllum

Madre de Cacao – see Gliricidia sepium

Magnesium – 15(49); 16(53)

Magnolia – 6(51); 8(15)

Magnolia ‘Little Gem’ – 4(26, 58); 6(24)

Magnolia champaca – 14(94)

Magnolia figo – 12(69); 16(72)

Magnolia grandflora – 3(64)

Magnolia stellata – 10(31)

Magnolia x alba – 11(54)

Magnolia x lilliflora ‘Nigra’ – 16(13)

Magnolia x loebneri ‘Ballerina’ – 16(12)

Magnolia x soulangiana ‘Alexandrina’ – 16(12)

Magnolia, Himalayan – see Magnolia champaca; Michelia champaca

Magnolia, Pink – see Magnolia x soulangiana ‘Alexandrina’

Magnolia, White Star – see Magnolia x loebneri ‘Ballerina’

Mahoe – see Hibiscus tiliaceus; Thespesia populnea

Mahogany - see Swietenia

Maidenhair Creeper – see Muehlenbeckia complexa

Maidenhair Fern - see Adiantum

Maidenhair Tree - see Ginkgo biloba

Maindenhair, Forest – see Adiantum silvaticum

Maindenhair, Giant – see Adiantum formosum

Maindenhair, Rough – see Adiantum hispidulum

Majestic Palm - see Ravenea rivularis

Malabar Nut – see Justicia adhatoda

Malabar Spinich – see Basella alba; Basella rubra

Malay Bamboo – see Gigantochloa heterostachya ‘Malay Dwarf Variegated’

Malaysian Grapes – see Medinilla multiflora

Mallee, Bookleaf – see Eucalyptus kruseana

Mallotus claoxyloides – 4(74); 14(38)

Mallotus harlequin bug – 4(74)

Mallotus philippensis – 5(51); 11(54, 56, 74, 78)

Malpighia coccigera – 12(70)

Malpighia glabra – 7(76-77); 13(84)

Malpighia glabra ‘California Honey’ – 7(77)

Malpighia glabra ‘Florida Sweet’ – 7(77)

Maltese Cross - see Sprekelia

Malu Khia (vegetable) – 14(71); 16(69); also see Egyptian Spinach, Corchorus olitorius

Malvaviscus arboreus – 11(83); 16(72); 17(72)

Malvaviscus penduliflorus – 12(64); 16(16)

Mammillaria discolor – 8(94)

Mammillaria geminispina var. nobilis – 8(19)

Mammillaria gracilis – 8(19)

Mammillaria magnifica – 8(18-19)

Manchurian Pear – see Pyrus ussuriensis

Mandevilla ‘White Fantasy’ – 12(15)

Mandevilla boliviensis – 15(34)

Mandevilla boliviensis ‘Swan Lake’– 4(18)

Mandevilla sanderi – 6(54); 6(89); 14(73); 17(21, 73)

Mandevilla sanderi ‘My Fair Lady’ – 6(54)

Mandevilla sanderi ‘Pink Fantasy’ – 13(35)

Mandevilla sanderi ‘Red Riding Hood’ – 6(54)

Mandevilla sanderi ‘Scarlet Pimpernel’ – 6(54)

Mandevilla splendens - 1(74)

Mandevillea – should be Mandevilla - 3(16); 3(61); 6(86-89)

Manettia bicolor – 17(20, 21)

Manfreda giant-skipper moth – see Stallingsia maculosus

Manfreda maculosa – 6(37) – also see Agave maculosa

Manganese – 15(49)

Mangifera – 4(91); 5(68)

Mangifera indica - 1(71); 3(64); 3(78, 79);

Mangifera indica ‘Celebration’ – 3(78)

Mangifera indica ‘Kensington Pride’ – 3(78)

Mangifera indica ‘Nam Dok Mai’ – 3(78)

Mangifera indica ‘R2E2’ – 3(78)

Mango - see Mangifera indica

Mangrove Fern – see Acrostichum speciosum

Mangrove Hibiscus – see Hibiscus tiliaceus

Mangrove Orchid – see Durabaculum undulatum

Manihot esculenta – 6(34); 7(20, 75); 8(29); 14(53, 54); 18(71)

Manila Grass – see Zoysia matrella

Manilagrass - see Zoysia matrella

Manilkara zapota – 12(86)

Manilla Palm – see Adonidia merrilii

Maniltoa lenticellata – 11(54); 14(73)

Manure, animal – 15(49)

Maple-leafed Bayur Tree – see Pterospermum acerifolium

Maranta - 1(35); 16(70); 17(69)

Maranta arundinacea – 14(53); 16(69); 18(71)

Maranta leuconeura - 2(18); 15(78)

Maranthes corymbosa - 2(73)

Marguerite Daisy – see Argyranthemum frutescens

Marigold – see Tagetes erecta

Marigold, African – see Tagetes erecta

Marigold, French – see Tagetes patula

Marigold, Mountain – see Tagetes lemmonii

Marigold, Pot – see Calendula officinalis

Marigold, Tangerine-scented – see Tagetes lemmonii

Marjoram – see Origanum majorana

Marmalade bush – see Streptosolen jamesonii

Maroon Ginger – see Zingiber ottensii

Marrow – 14(71); 15(69); 16(69); also see Cucurbita pepo

Marvel of Peru – see Mirabilis jalapa

Matasano – see Casimiroa tetrameria

Matchstick Bromeliad – see Aechmea gamosepala

Matchstick Cactus – see Aechmea gamosepala

Mat-rush – see Lomandra

Matt Reed - see Lomandra

Matt Rush – see Lomandra

Matthiola incana - 3(91), 12(14); 15(70); 18(69)

Maurandya barclayana – 13(30)

Mauritius Hemp - see Agave gypsophila; Furcraea foetida ‘Mediopicta’

Maxillaria tenuifolia – 12(45)

May Bush – see Spiraea

Mealy bugs – 12(28)

Medicago sativa – 17(51)

Medinilla balls-headleyi – 15(34)

Medinilla cumingii – 8(59)

Medinilla magnifica – 8(59); 11(25); 17(85)

Medinilla multiflora – 17(72, 85)

Medinilla myriantha – see Medinilla multiflora

Medinilla scortechinii – 11(25)

Medinilla speciosa – 5(22)

Megaskepasma erythrochlamys - 3(16); 6(47); 10(26); 12(64); 14(73)

Melaleaca linariifolia – 14(26)

Melaleuca - 1(77); 4(46); 5(74-75); 8(32); 10(73); 13(12); 17(46)

Melaleuca ‘Little Beauty’ – 8(58)

Melaleuca argentea - 2(74); 5(74)

Melaleuca bracteata – 5(75)

Melaleuca bracteata ‘Revolution Gold’ – 5(75)

Melaleuca bracteata ‘Revolution Green’ – 5(75)

Melaleuca calothamnoides – 17(8)

Melaleuca dealbata – 17(36, 40)

Melaleuca incarna ‘dwarf’ - 1(73)

Melaleuca lateritia – 17(8)

Melaleuca leucadendra - 2(74); 5(74); 13(54)

Melaleuca leucadendra ‘Gold Form’ – 16(16)

Melaleuca leucadendron – 5(22); 8(78); should be Melaleuca leucadendra

Melaleuca linariifolia – 16(72)

Melaleuca linariifolia ‘Claret Tops’ – 5(75); 10(73)

Melaleuca linariifolia ‘Sea Foam’ – 5(74)

Melaleuca minutifolia – 8(78)

Melaleuca nesophila – 5(75)

Melaleuca nodosa – 5(75)

Melaleuca pachyphylla – 17(36, 39)

Melaleuca polandii – 17(13)

Melaleuca quinquenervia ‘Mini Qini’ – 5(21, 74)

Melaleuca styphelioides – 5(75); 17(35)

Melaleuca thymifolia - 1(74); 5(69, 74, 75); 8(58); 13(11)

Melaleuca thymifolia ‘Pink Lace’ – 16(12)

Melaleuca viridiflora – 5(74, 75); 8(78); 12(64); 17(13)

Melastoma – 4(46)

Melia azedarach - 2(17); 11(78); 14(94); 15(40)

Melia azedarach var. australasica – 11(47); 13(30)

Melianthus major – 8(67)

Melicope elleryana – 5(69); 9(55); 14(43); 17(12, 13)

Melicope rubra – 7(13); 14(38, 43)

Melinis repens – 12(89)

Melissa officinalis – 14(53); 17(51)

Melocactus – 8(18)

Melon (vegetables) – 16(69); see Cucumis melo

Melon, Spiny – see Cucumis metuliferus

Melothria scabra – 14(55, 70, 71); 16(68, 69); 17(67)

Membrillo – see Gustavia augusta

Mentha – 14(53); 17(51)

Mentha diemenica – 13(62); 14(38, 41); 15(34)

Mesembryanthemum aurantiacum – see Lampranthus aurantiacus

Mesocyclops – 3(24)

Metallic Palm – see Chamaedorea metallica

Metrosideros excelsa - 1(74)

Metrosideros queenslandica – see Thaleropia queenslandica

Mexican Cucumber – see Melothria scabra

Mexican Flag – see Tradescantia zanonia

Mexican Flame Vine – see Pseudogynoxis chenopodioides

Mexican Heather – see Cuphea hyssopifolia

Mexican Honeysuckle – see Justicia spicigera

Mexican Lily – see Beschorneria yuccoides

Mexican Mist – see Bartlettina sordida

Mexican Sour Cucumber – see Melothria scabra

Mexican Spinach – see Cnidoscolus chayamansa

Mexican Sunflower – see Tithonia rotundifolia

Mexican Sweet Gherkin – see Melothria scabra

Mexican Tarragon – see Tagetes lucida

Mexican Tree Daisy – see Montanoa bipinnatifida

Mibuna (vegetable) – 10(87); also see Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica

Michaelmas Daisies – see Aster novi-belgii

Michelia champaca – see Magnolia champaca

Michelia champaca x alba – see Magnolia x alba

Michelia figo – 4(55); see Magnolia figo

Michelias – 4(48)

Miconia calvescens – 6(59)

Microcitrus – 9(62); 12(72)

Micrococleum weddellianum – see Lytocaryum weddellianum

Microcycas - 1(61)

Microlepia speluncae – 8(36)

Microlepia strigosa – 8(36)

Micromelum minutum - 2(73)

Microsorium diversifolium – 8(36)

Midgen Berry – see Austromyrtus dulcis

Midjim Berry – see Austromyrtus dulcis

Midyim - see Austromyrtus dulcis

Mignonette – see Reseda odorata

Mildews – 18(64)

Miliusa brahei - 2(73)

Milk Maids – see Burchardia umbellata

Milky Way – see Sauropis albiflorus

Milletia megasperma – see Callerya megasperma

Mimusops elengi – 6(30)

Mineral fertilisers – 15(49)

Mini Cane Palm – see Dypsis baronii

Mini Mondo Grass – see Ophiopogon

Mini Papyrus – 7(69)

Miniature Bamboo – see Pogonatherum paniceum

Mint – 5(69); see Mentha

Mint Bush – see Prostanthera

Mint, Native – see Mentha diemenica

Mirabilis jalapa – 11(83); 14(73); 16(70); 17(68); 18(68)

Miracle Fruit – see Synsepalum dulcificum

Mirliton - see Sechium edule

Mirror Plant – see Royenia lucida

Miscanthus transmorrisonensis – 4(21)

Misharytera lautereriana – 13(70)

Mist Flower, Blue – see Bartlettina sordida; Eupatorium magalophyllum

Mistletoe Cactus - see Rhipsalis

Mites – 7(7); 14(49); 18(64)

Mitragyna speciosa – 15(78)

Mitzuna – 14(71); 15(69); 16(68, 69); also refer to Mizuna

Mizuna – 10(87); also see Brassica rapa var. nipposinica; Brassica juncea var. japonica

Mock Gardenia – see Tabernaemontana divaricata

Mock Orange – see Murraya paniculata

Molasses – 16(50)

Molinera capitata – 17(69); should be Molineria capitulata

Molineria capitulata – 17(69)

Molineria sp. ‘Silver Leaf’ – 9(36)

Molybdenum – 15(49)

Momordica charantia – 17(67); 18(66)

Mondo Grass - see Ophiopogon

Mondo Grass, White – see Ophiopogon intermedius ‘Variegatus’

Monkey Cup – see Nepenthes

Monkeynet Tree – see Sterculia quadrifida

Monotrichardia – 9(29)

Monstera deliciosa - 1(10); 2(19); 7(62); 11(85); 14(12)

Monstera friedrichsthalii – 5(15)

Montanoa bipinnatifida – 18(42)

Moon Flower – see Calonyction album; Hylocereus undatus; Ipomoea alba

Moreton Bay Chestnut – see Castanospermum australe

Moreton Bay Figs – see Ficus macrophylla

Morinda citrifolia – 6(17)

Moringa oleifera – 9(78); 14(53);18(71)

Morning Star – see Turnea subulata

Morus – 17(51)

Morus alba – 10(55)

Morus macroura – 8(90)

Moses in a Basket - see Tradescantia spathacea

Moses in a Cradle - Tradescantia spathacea

Mosquito fish – see Gambusia affinus

Moss Sedum, Gold – see Sedum mexicanum ‘Gold Mound’

Moth Orchid – see Phalaenopsis hybrids

Mother-in-law’s tongue – see Sanseviera trifasciata

Mount White Lime – see Citrus garawayi

Mountain Aloe – see Aloe marlothii

Mountain Ebony – see Bauhinia hookeri, Lysiphyllum hookeri

Mountain Grevillea – see Grevillea alpina

Mountain Marigold – see Tagetes lemmonii

Mountain Pepper – see Tasmannia lanceolata

Mowing – 10(88-89)

Mozzie Buster – see Pelargonium citrosen

Mt Morgan Wattle – see Acacia podalyriifolia

Mucuna bennetti - see Mucuna novoguineensis

Mucuna novoguineensis – 18(75)

Mucuna pruriens – 11(82)

Muehlenbeckia complexa – 17(20)

Muggunuwenna – see Alternanthera sessilis

Mukunu-wenna – see Alternanthera sessilis

Mukunu-wenna, Red – see Alternanthera polygonoides

Mulberries – 4(89); also see Morus

Mulch - 1(72, 85); 4(32, 90); 7(79); 13(83)

Mulla Mulla – see Ptilotus nobilis

Mulukhia – see Corchorus olitorius

Munthari – see Kunzea pomifera

Muntingia calabura – 13(87); 14(59)

Muntries – see Kunzea pomifera

Murdannia graminea – 11(39, 94); 17(36)

Murraya – 4(48)

Murraya exotica ‘Min-a-Min’ – 12(18); 15(13)

Murraya koenigii – 14(38, 40, 53); renamed Bergera koenigii

Murraya ovatifoliata – see Murray paniculata

Murraya paniculata - 4(91); 5(69); 11(35, 83); 12(68); 14(95)

Murraya paniculata ‘Min-a-Min’ – 12(69); 16(12)

Murraya paniculata var. ovatifoliolata – 12(35), see Murraya ovatifoliata

Musa sapientrum - 1(84); 3(79)

Mushroom plant – 4(10); see Rungia klossii

Mussaenda – 4(91); 14(73); 15(73); 17(72)

Mussaenda ‘Donna Luz’ – 15(17); 16(41)

Mussaenda ‘Queen Sirikit’ – 5(15); 10(68); 15(17)

Mussaenda erythrophylla – 7(43); 12(64); 14(73)

Mussaenda frondosa – 14(26)

Mussaenda hybrids – 7(43)

Mussaenda philippica ‘Dona Aurorae’ – 7(43)

Mustard (vegetable) – 10(87); 14(71); 15(69); 16(68, 69); see Brassica juncea

Mustard Greens – see Brassica hirta; Sinapis alba subsp. alba

Mustard, Ethiopian– see Brassica carinata

Muttonwood – see Myrsine variabilis

Mycorrhiza – 13(74)

Myoporum acuminatum – 6(17); 7(11)

Myrciaria cauliflora – 3(66); 5(68); 10(55); 13(84, 85); 14(21, 38); 15(59)

Myrciaria dubia – 15(58)

Myrciaria floribunda – 13(85); 15(59)

Myrciaria glomerata – 13(85)

Myrciaria paraensis – 13(85); see also Myrciaria dubia

Myrciaria vexator – 13(85)

Myrmecodia beccarii – 7(18)

Myrsine variabilis – 11(73)

Mysore Creeper – see Thunbergia mysorensis

Mysore Raspberry – see Rubus niveus