Melaleuca cajuputi (Cajuput Tree)

Melaleuca cajuputi, Melaleuca leucadendron, Cajuput Tree, Swamp Tea-tree

Botanical names: Melaleuca cajuputi, Melaleuca leucadendron

Common names: Cajuput Tree, Swamp Tea-tree

Family: Myrtaceae

Origin: Indonesia

Small tree 10-20 ftFull sunModerate waterWhite, off-white flowersEthnomedical plant.
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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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