Black Teatree

Melaleuca bracteata

F.Muell. Species

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Botanical name
Melaleuca bracteata
Also known as
Black Tea-Tree, Black Teatree, Bracteate Honey Myrtle, Mock Olive, Prickly-Leaf Teatree, River Tea-Tree, River Teatree, White Cloudtree
Family
Myrtaceae
Genus
Melaleuca
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Black Teatree

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Melaleuca bracteata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Melaleuca daleana Melaleuca genistifolia var. coriacea Melaleuca glaucocalyx Melaleuca monticola

Others in Melaleuca

Melaleuca adnata
Melaleuca × codonocarpa
Melaleuca × mulleola
Melaleuca acacioides
Melaleuca accedens
Melaleuca acrifolia
Melaleuca acuminata
Mallee Honey Myrtle
Melaleuca halophila

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