Melaleuca cajuputi

Botanical Description

Melaleuca cajuputi is an evergreen shrub or, more usually, a single-stemmed tree with a fairly dense and wide crown that is somewhat silvery in appearance; it usually grows up to 25 metres tall with occasional specimens to 40 metres[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ]. The bole is often twisted and poorly formed, but straight and cylindrical boles have also been reported[ 893 Title Identification and utilization of lesser-known commercial timbers in Peninsular Malaysia 6 Publication Timber Technology Bulletin No. 40 Author Lim S.C. & Gan K.S. Website http://www.frim.gov.my/?page_id=1842 Publisher Forest Research Institute; Malaysia Year 2006 ISBN 139-258 Description Part of an excellent series of publications, this one giving a brief guide to four lesser known groups of commercial timbers from southeast Asia. It is available in PDF format on the Internet. ]. The tree has an extensive root system, sometimes with aerial adventitious roots[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ]. The tree has been cultivated for several centuries, mainly in Indonesia and Vietnam, for the leaves and twigs which are used medicinally and as a source of essential oil[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. , 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]. The essential oil is traded internationally[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].