Melaleuca alternifolia (Maiden & Betche) Cheel
RIUM, WP Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Melaleuca alternifolia (Maiden & Betche) Cheel. Myrtaceae. CN: Narrow-leaf paperbark, Narrow-leaved tea-tree, Narrow-leaved ti-tree, or Snow-in-summer, Narrow-leaf teatree, Teatree. Native to Australia (NST, Queensland). Plant a main source for the commercial production of tea tree essential oil, a topical antibacterial, antifungal used in a range of herbal medicine products including antiseptics, deodorants, shampoos, soaps and lotions. Crushed leaves with aromatic camphorous odor used in aboriginal mud poultice. Leaves included in WW2 Australian army kit.
Synonym(s):
Melaleuca linariifolia var. alternifolia Maiden & Betche
Ref. and suggested reading:
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-123479
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?402629
Melaleuca alternifolia (Maiden & Betche) Cheel
RIUM, WP Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Melaleuca alternifolia (Maiden & Betche) Cheel. Myrtaceae. CN: Narrow-leaf paperbark, Narrow-leaved tea-tree, Narrow-leaved ti-tree, or Snow-in-summer, Narrow-leaf teatree, Teatree. Native to Australia (NST, Queensland). Plant a main source for the commercial production of tea tree essential oil, a topical antibacterial, antifungal used in a range of herbal medicine products including antiseptics, deodorants, shampoos, soaps and lotions. Crushed leaves with aromatic camphorous odor used in aboriginal mud poultice. Leaves included in WW2 Australian army kit.
Synonym(s):
Melaleuca linariifolia var. alternifolia Maiden & Betche
Ref. and suggested reading:
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-123479
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?402629