Melaleuca cajuputi (Cajuput Tree)

Melaleuca cajuputi (Cajuput Tree) yellow bottle-brush flower close up on branch
Melaleuca cajuputi (Cajuput Tree) branch with yellow fluffy flower spikes and narrow green leaves

Botanical names: Melaleuca cajuputi, Melaleuca leucadendron

Common names: Cajuput Tree, Swamp Tea-tree

Family: Myrtaceae

Origin: Indonesia

USDA Plant Hardiness Map

USDA Zone: 9-10

Small tree 10-20 ftPlant form: Small tree
Plant mature sizeMature height: 10-20 ft
Full sunSun exposure: Full sun or bright light indoor
Cold toleranceCold tolerance: Frost sensitive. Protect from freezing.
Watering: Moderate. Water when top soil feels dryWatering: Moderate
White, off-white flowersFlower color: White and off-white
Suitable forSuitable for: Outdoors in the suitable USDA zone; small gardens, containers, and indoor growing
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Evergreen shrub or usually single-stemmed tree with an extensive root system, sometimes with aerial adventitious roots. Bark layered, fibrous and papery, grey to white.

Within the complex, M. cajuputi is most closely related to M. viridiflora and M. quinquenervia. M. quinquenervia is like M. cajuputi but its old leaves are not conspicuously dotted with glands, not thin-textured and have obscure reticulations.

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Melaleuca cajuputi (Cajuput Tree) with tan papery bark texture on the main tree trunk plant.
Melaleuca cajuputi (Cajuput Tree) with thin layers of papery bark curling along the tall vertical trunk.
Melaleuca cajuputi (Cajuput Tree) creamy white flower close up with slender green leaves.
Melaleuca cajuputi (Cajuput Tree) with a long creamy white flower spike surrounded by green foliage.
Melaleuca cajuputi (Cajuput Tree) with creamy yellow flower spikes on green leaves close up
Melaleuca cajuputi (Cajuput Tree) with long slender leaves and fluffy pale yellow flower spikes.
Melaleuca cajuputi (Cajuput Tree) yellow flower spikes on branches against a clear blue sky
Melaleuca cajuputi (Cajuput Tree) with spikes of tiny yellow flowers rising above long green leaves.
Melaleuca cajuputi (Cajuput Tree) with creamy yellow flower clusters and narrow green leaves on branches.
Melaleuca cajuputi (Cajuput Tree) displays many soft yellow flower spikes amidst long thin green leaves.
Melaleuca cajuputi (Cajuput Tree) with white fluffy flower spikes amidst dense green narrow leaves
Melaleuca cajuputi (Cajuput Tree) showing dense spikes of small fluffy white flowers and green foliage
Melaleuca cajuputi (Cajuput Tree) with white flowers and green narrow leaves on a branch.
Melaleuca cajuputi (Cajuput Tree) with small white flowers dangling from slender green leaf laden branches.


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