Melaleuca adnata
Weeping Paperbark
Melaleuca leucadendra
(L.) L. Species
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- Botanical name
- Melaleuca leucadendra
- Also known as
- Big White Paperbark, Broadleaf Paperbark, Broadleaf Teatree, Brown Teatree, Butterscotch Paperbark, Cajaput-Tree, Cajeput-Tree, Longleaf Paperbark, Paperbark, Paperbark Teatree, Paperbark-Tree, River Teatree, Swamp Teatree, Weeping Paperbark, Weeping Teatree, White Teatree
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Melaleuca
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Weeping Paperbark
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Melaleuca leucadendra but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Cajuputi leucadendron
Kajuputi leucadendron
Leptospermum leucodendron
Meladendron leucocladum
Melaleuca amboinensis
Melaleuca leucadendra var. angusta
Melaleuca leucadendra var. cunninghamii
Melaleuca leucadendra var. lancifolia
Melaleuca leucadendra var. mimosoides
Melaleuca mimosoides
Melaleuca rigida
Metrosideros coriacea
Myrtus alba
Myrtus leucadendra
Myrtus saligna
Others in Melaleuca
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