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Melaleuca dealbata

Melaleuca dealbata

(Paperbark, Silver-leafed paperbark)

FAMILY

Myrtaceae

Species

Melaleuca dealbata

Common name(s)

Paperbark, Silver-leafed paperbark

Flower colour; life form

Cream; tree

Campus

Cairns, Townsville

Description

A medium to large tree growing chiefly along main watercourses on both campuses, it has greyish papery bark on the trunk and main branches. Leaves are up to 12 x 3 cm, with prominent longitudinal veins, new growth is silky as it is covered by a mixture of erect silky hairs and short crisp ones resulting in the mature leaves being dull green to blue-grey in appearance . Flowers in spikes to 12 cm long, staminal filaments to 7.5 mm long. Capsule to 4 x 4 mm.