Melaleuca alternifolia
Melaleuca alternifolia (Maiden & Betche) Cheel
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 6.5 m
- wide
- 4.0 m
Myrtaceae
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- ShrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Queensland to NE. New South WalesKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from Wikipedia, one source
- Height
- 6.5 mRead from Wikipedia and Plants for a Future, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: Wikipedia 7–7 m; Plants for a Future 6–6 m
- Spread
- 4.0 mRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- White, creamRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -12.2 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from Plants for a Future, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (4)
- Slovenian
- čajevec
- Asturian
- árbole'l té
- Chinese
- 互叶白千层, 澳洲茶树
- Chinese (Taiwan)
- 澳洲茶樹
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Plants for a Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Melaleuca alternifolia (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.