- Melaleuca /ˌmɛləˈljuːkə/ is a genus of nearly 300 species of plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, commonly known as paperbarks, honey-myrtles or tea-trees
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Melaleuca facts
- They range in size from small shrubs that rarely grow to more than 1 m (3 ft) high, to trees up to 35 m (100 ft)
- Their flowers generally occur in groups, forming a “head” or “spike” resembling a brush used for cleaning bottles, containing up to 80 individual flowers
- They are superficially like Banksia species, which also have their flowers in a spike, but the structures of individual flowers in the two genera are very different
- Second only to members of the family Proteaceae, melaleucas are important food source for nectarivorous insects, birds, and mammals
- Many are popular garden plants, either for their attractive flowers or as dense screens and a few have economic value for producing fencing and oils such as “tea tree” oil
- Most melaleucas are endemic to Australia, with a few also occurring in Malesia
- Seven are endemic New Caledonia, and one is found only on the (Australian) Lord Howe Island
- Melaleucas are found in a wide variety of habitats
- Many are adapted for life in swamps and boggy places, while others thrive in the poorest of sandy soils or on the edge of saltpans
- Some have a wide distribution and are common, whilst others are rare and endangered
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