Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand
Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or opposite-decussate, petiolate or sessile, lamina leathery, secondary veins basal and parallel to leaf axis or pinnate. Inflorescence spikes, arranged in spikes or heads and pseudo-terminal or lateral. Flowers bisexual; hypanthium sub-globose or campanulate; sepals 5, caduceus or persistent; petals 5. Fruit capsules, semi-globose to globose, apically dehiscent. Seeds obovoid, testa thin. Derivation of name: from the Greek: melas meaning black, and leukos, white, because the first Melaleuca described had white branches against a black trunk, possibly blackened by fire. Worldwide: 246 species in Indo-China to Australia. Zimbabwe: 23 cultivated taxa. |
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| Species | Content |
| alternifolia (Maiden & Betche) Cheel | |
| armillaris (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Sm. | |
| bracteata F. Muell. | |
| decussata R. Br. | |
| elliptica Labill. | |
| ericifolia Sm. | |
| genistifolia Sm. | |
| hamulosa Turcz. | |
| huegelii Sm. | |
| hypericifolia Sm. | |
| incana R. Br. | |
| lateritia Otto | |
| leucadendron L. | |
| linariifolia Sm. | |
| nesophila F. Muell. | |
| nodosa (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Sm. | |
| quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake | |
| sp. A (Biegel 5741) | |
| sp. B (T McCabe in SRGH 265080) | |
| sp. C (T. Muller 403) | |
| sp. D (Biegel 5859) | |
| sp. E (Biegel 5858) | |
| styphelioides Sm. |