Melaleuca linariifolia Sm.

Cajeput tree (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Melaleuca

Characteristics

Shrub or small tree to 10 m with layered papery soft bark; branchlets pubescent, soon glabrous.. Leaves opposite or subopposite, linear-lanceolate, 1–3.2 cm long, 1–3 mm wide, acute, glabrous, 3-nerved with oil glands usually very distinct beneath.. Inflorescences many-flowered usually open terminal or subterminal spikes with flowers solitary within each bract, usually opposite.. Petals white, 2–3 mm long.. Staminal bundles white with claws 0.4–1.5 cm long and 30–60 filaments.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 10.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Wet and swampy places near the coast, also on the coastal plateaux, often on shale.
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Wet and swampy places near the coast, also on the coastal plateaux, often on shale.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

Uses bee plant environmental use essential oil invertebrate food material medicinal wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use Antiseptic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Melaleuca linariifolia leaf picture by ian connop (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Melaleuca linariifolia flower picture by Kate Sturges (cc-by-sa)
Melaleuca linariifolia flower picture by Giorgio Jetson (cc-by-sa)
Melaleuca linariifolia flower picture by Isaac Le (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Melaleuca linariifolia world distribution map, present in Australia, Brazil, Fiji, and United States of America

Conservation status

Melaleuca linariifolia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:598003-1
WFO ID wfo-0000239685
COL ID 3Z3WX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630131
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Melaleuca linariifolia Melaleuca stricta Myrtoleucodendron linariifolium Melaleuca hyssopifolia Ozandra hyssopifolia Metrosideros hyssopifolia Melaleuca linariifolia var. typica