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Melaleuca dealbata


Melaleuca dealbata BranchMelaleuca dealbata FormMelaleuca dealbata Flower

Family: Myrtaceae
   
Form and Size: Large, spreading tree 5 - 12m tall, with blue-grey foliage and hairy branchlets.
   
Distribution: Cape York and eastern QLD., Top End of N.T., and W.A., along stream banks, in swampy areas and open woodlands.
   
Flowering Period: Spring-Summer.
   
Introduced: No.
   
Cultivation/Notes: Very strong wood which never rots.



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www.soe-townsville.org/greening/
www.soe-townsville.org/treeday/

Source: Across the Top: Gardening with Australian Plants in the Tropics,
compiled by Keith Townsend for Society for Growing Australian Plants.


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