About Weeping Paperbark
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, New Guinea and parts of Indonesia. 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 and is often grown as a tree in parks and on roadsides. It was the first melaleuca to be described and was described from a specimen growing in Indonesia.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Melaleuca leucadendra
- Genus
- Melaleuca
- Family
- MYRTACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Australia
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-November
- Conservation status
- EN
Local Names
- Hindi
- शीतांशु Shitanshu, विशाहा Vishaha
- Bengali
- ক্যাজুপুট
- Tamil
- கையாப்புடை kaiyapputai, காகித மரம், பேப்பர் மரம்
- Kannada
- ಕಾಜಪುಟೆ Kaajapute, ಕಾಜಪುಟೆ ಮರ
- Malayalam
- Cajeputier, മെലാലൂക ലൂകഡെൻട്ര
- Marathi
- कायापुटी kayaputi
Myrtaceae
Myrtle/Eucalyptus family
Weeping Paperbark belongs to the Myrtaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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