Botanical names: Melaleuca cajuputi, Melaleuca leucadendron
Common names: Cajuput Tree, Swamp Tea-tree
Family: Myrtaceae
Origin: Indonesia
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.
Similar plants: Melaleuca cajuputi (Cajuput Tree)
- Melaleuca alternifolia (Tea Tree)
- Melaleuca armillaris (Bracelet Honey Myrtle)
- Melaleuca citrina (Common Red Bottlebrush)
- Melaleuca cuticularis (Saltwater Paperbark)
- Melaleuca decussata (Cross-leaved Honey-myrtle)
- Melaleuca elliptica (Granite Bottlebrush)
- Melaleuca ericifolia (Swamp Paperbark)
- Melaleuca huegelii (Chenille Honey-myrtle)
- Melaleuca quinquenervia (Paperbark)
- Melaleuca rugulosa (Scarlet Bottlebrush)
Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/melaleuca_cajuputi.htm