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Melaleuca leucadendra
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Family:
MYRTACEAE
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Citation: Melaleuca leucadendra (L.) L., Mant. Pl. 1: 105. 1767, "leucadendron".
Myrtus leucadendra L., Herb. Amb. 9. 1754.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kaipoothimaram
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 8 m high; bark spongy, peeling of in large sheets; young parts silky white tomentose; branches slender, pendulous. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, clustered towards the tip, estipulate; petiole 4-7 mm, slender, flattened, silky tomentose; lamina 4-6 x 1-2 cm, elliptic or elliptic-ovate, base acute or cuneate, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, silky tomentose when young, glabrous at maturity, glandular-punctate, coriaceous; 5-7-ribbed from the base, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, in terminal or subterminal spikes, solitary or 2-3 together; calyx tube urceolate, adnate to the ovary at the base, lobes 5, short, orbicular, scarious towards on the margins; petals 5, round, spreading; stamens many, united at the base into 5 bundles, each with 5-8 filaments; ovary inferior, 3-celled, ovules many; style terminal, filiform. Fruit a loculicidal capsule; seeds many.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-November
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District(s):
Wayanad, Malappuram, Ernakulam
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Native of Australia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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