Australian Native Plants

  Melaleuca viridiflora (Broad-leaved Paperbark)


Melaleuca viridiflora photo
Broad-leaved paperbark (Melaleuca viridiflora) at Davies Creek national park, Queensland

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Melaleuca viridiflora photo
Melaleuca viridiflora foliage

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Melaleuca viridiflora photo
Melaleuca viridiflora tree

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PLANT FACTS

distribution map showing range of Melaleuca viridiflora in Australia

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
  Melaleuca alternifolia
  Melaleuca argentea
  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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