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Black tea-tree
Melaleuca bracteata
About
Melaleuca bracteata, commonly known as the black tea-tree, river tea-tree or mock olive is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It usually occurs as a large shrub but under ideal conditions can grow into a tree up to 10 m (30 ft) tall. It is an adaptable species in cultivation and a number of cultivars have been developed.
- Family
- Myrtaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Melaleuca bracteata
- Slug
- melaleuca-bracteata
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Melaleuca
- Species
- bracteata
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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