Melaleuca quinquenervia
COMMON NAME | Paper bark tea tree |
TYPE | Tree |
FAMILY | Myrtaceae |
NOTES | Typically grows
25-40' tall and to 15-30' wide. This is a narrow, fast-growing (to 6' per
year), evergreen tree with a compact crown, slender trunk, pendulous young
branches, brownish-white papery bark that peels in layers, leathery
lanceolate dull green leaves (to 4" long) and tiny creamy white flowers
which bloom in cylindrical bottlebrush-like spikes (to 6" long) from
early summer into fall. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and
coastal eastern Australia |
NATIVE HABITAT | Floodplains and near
rivers and estuaries, often on silty soil |
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