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Melaleuca viridiflora
Also called Brown Leaved Paperbark, Broadleaf Paperbark, Broadleaf Teatree, Coarse Leaf Paperbark, Green Flower Paperbark, Paperbark Teatree, Paperbark Tree
Melaleuca viridiflora, the broad-leaved paperbark, is a small tree from tropical northern Australia and New Guinea, usually grown for its papery bark and showy flower spikes. It tolerates wet soils and seasonal drought once established.
Melaleuca viridiflora, commonly known as broad-leaved paperbark, is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is native to woodlands, swamps and streams in monsoonal areas of northern Australia and New Guinea. It is usually a small tree with an open canopy, papery bark and spikes of cream, yellow, green or red flowers.
This melaleuca occurs in tropical areas of Australia, including as far south as Maryborough in Queensland, northern parts of Western Australia south to the Dampier Peninsula district, and the northern half of the Northern Territory. It is also found in the southern part of West Papua in Indonesia and southern Papua New Guinea. It grows on the margins of gallery forest, in forest, woodland and swampy plains in a variety of soils.
Common netbush · Narrow Leaf Paperbark · Bracelet honey myrtle · River teatree · Cajeput · Myrtle Family · Goldfields Bottlebrush · Blue Paperbark · Prickly Leaved Paperbark · Creek Tea–tree · Swamp paperbark · Slender Honey Myrtle
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Melaleuca viridiflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
