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Melaleuca leucadendra
Melaleuca leucadendra, commonly known as weeping paperbark, long-leaved paperbark or white paperbark is a species of woody plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is widespread in northern Australia, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and the Torres Strait Islands. It grows as a tree to more than 20 m (70 ft) with a trunk covered with thick, white, papery bark and weeping thinner branches. It has a long flowering season, can flower at almost any time of the year...
12 branches of this group, most-observed first
Broad-leaved paperbark
speciesMelaleuca quinquenervia
Weeping Paperbark
speciesMelaleuca leucadendra
Melaleuca cajuputi
speciesMelaleuca cajuputi
Broad Leaved Tea Tree
speciesMelaleuca viridiflora
fibrebark
speciesMelaleuca nervosa
Blue Paperbark
speciesMelaleuca dealbata
Melaleuca fluviatilis
speciesMelaleuca fluviatilis
Silver Cajeput
speciesMelaleuca argentea
Melaleuca lasiandra
speciesMelaleuca lasiandra
Melaleuca minutifolia
speciesMelaleuca minutifolia
Melaleuca stenostachya
speciesMelaleuca stenostachya
Melaleuca sericea
speciesMelaleuca sericea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1491620.