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Melaleuca alternifolia is a small tree that can grow to about 7 m (20 ft) with a bushy crown and whitish, papery bark. The leaves are arranged alternately, sometimes scattered or whorled. The leaves are smooth, soft, linear in shape, 10–35 mm (0.4–1 in) long, and 1 mm (0.04 in) wide. They are also rich in oil with the glands prominent ...
The oil is produced by steam distillation of the M. leucadendra and M. quinquenervia species. A similar essential oil known as tea-tree oil is extracted from the species M. alternifolia, a native of Australia. Melaleuca pollen can be an allergen and tea-tree oil may cause allergic reactions for some people. [5]
Melaleuca alternifolia is notable for its essential oil, which has antifungal and antibiotic properties in vitro. [30] [31] Though it is safe for topical applications, [32] tea tree oil is toxic if ingested orally. [30] The oil is produced on a commercial scale and marketed as tea tree oil. [33]
Melaleuca dichroma Craven & Lepschi (formerly Melaleuca virgata) Melaleuca diosmatifolia Dum.Cours. (sometimes known as Melaleuca erubescens) Melaleuca diosmifolia Andrews; Melaleuca dissitiflora F.Muell. - creek teatree; Melaleuca eleuterostachya F.Muell. Melaleuca elliptica Labill. - granite bottlebrush; Melaleuca ericifolia Sm. - swamp paperbark
Melaleuca leucadendra, commonly known as weeping paperbark, long-leaved paperbark or white paperbark is a species of woody plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is widespread in northern Australia, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and the Torres Strait Islands. It grows as a tree to more than 20 m (70 ft) with a trunk covered with thick, white ...
Cajuput oil (also spelled cajeput) is a volatile oil obtained by distillation from the leaves of the myrtaceous trees Melaleuca leucadendra, Melaleuca cajuputi, and probably other Melaleuca species. The trees yielding the oil are found throughout Maritime Southeast Asia and over the hotter parts of the Australian continent. [ 1 ]
Melaleuca ericifolia, commonly known as swamp paperbark, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and the genus Melaleuca, native to south-eastern Australia.It is a rather variable species and some specimens resemble Melaleuca armillaris but its papery bark and smaller, more prolific flower heads distinguish it from that species.
Melaleuca quinquenervia, commonly known as the broad-leaved paperbark, paper bark tea tree, punk tree or niaouli, is a small- to medium-sized tree of the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. It grows as a spreading tree up to 20 m (70 ft) tall, with its trunk covered by a white, beige and grey thick papery bark.