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PLANT FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Broad-leaved Paperbark
Other Names
Broad-leaved Tea-tree, Paperbark Tea-tree, Greenflowered Paperbark, Swamp Tea Tree, White Tea Tree
Description
The Broad-leaved Paperbark is a large shrub small tree growing to 10 m tall. It has white, creamy brown or grey papery bark. The leaves are fairly broad for a paperbark and grow 7 cm to 18 cm long and 2 cm to 5 cm wide. The plant flowers throughout the year, mainly in winter. The flowers are cream, yellow or greenish yellow (less commonly red) and produced in spikes up to 10 cm long and 2 cm in diameter. The fruit capsules are about 5 mm in diameter.
Habitat
forest, woodland, swamps and streams
Distribution
The Broad-leaved Paperbark is found in northern Australia- north Queensland, northern parts of Western Australia and the northern parts of the Northern Territory. It is also found in New Guinea.
Growth Characteristics
Height: 4m - 10m
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Myrtales | | Family: | Myrtaceae | | Genus: | Melaleuca | | Species: | viridiflora | | Common Name: | Broad-leaved Paperbark |
Relatives in same Genus
Melaleuca acuminata
Melaleuca adnata
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Melaleuca armillaris
Melaleuca aspalathoides
Melaleuca barlowii
Melaleuca blaeriifolia
Melaleuca bracteata
Melaleuca brevifolia
Melaleuca bromelioides
Melaleuca calothamnoides
Melaleuca calycina
Melaleuca campanae
Melaleuca cardiophylla
Melaleuca carrii
Melaleuca coccinea
Melaleuca concreta
Melaleuca conothamnoides
Melaleuca cordata
Melaleuca cucullata
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