Typical of the Myrtaceae family
Melaleuca viminalis
Cheel / Weeping Bottlebrush चील
Hindi name · See all regional names ↓
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
Cheel in regional languages
Find the name you know, then compare it with the botanical profile. Columns list recorded aliases; they are not paired translations. A Latin spelling appears only when it is present in the source record.
| Language | Regional script | Recorded Latin spelling |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | चील | Cheel |
| Manipuri | ꯕꯔꯞꯂꯩ | Barap lei |
See the original recorded names
- Hindi
- Cheel चील
- Manipuri
- ꯕꯔꯞꯂꯩ Barap lei
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP records it as introduced in India Kew dataset ↗
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Queensland to New South Wales.
- Explore nearby plants
- Rajasthan →Maharashtra →Tamil Nadu →
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How to identify Cheel
Identify Cheel by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Confirm leaf shape: Ovate.
- Confirm flower colour: Red.
- In India, compare location records such as Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Myrtaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Cheel.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Melaleuca viminalis
- Genus
- Melaleuca
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chandigarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- OvaterecordedEgg-shaped, broader near the base.“Its leaves are arranged alternately and are 25–138 mm (1–5 in) long, 3–27 mm (0.1–1 in) wide, more or less flat, very narrow elliptical to narrow egg-shaped with the narrower end t” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Cheel itself; the rest are typical of the Myrtaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Redrecorded
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
Characters marked “recorded” are for Cheel itself; the rest are typical of the Myrtaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Cheel
Weeping bottlebrush (Melaleuca viminalis) is a species in the Myrtaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 18 other states.
Myrtaceae
Myrtle/Eucalyptus family
Cheel belongs to the Myrtaceae family.
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