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Slender honey-myrtle (Melaleuca gibbosa)

Description

Melaleucas range in size from small shrubs such as M. aspalathoides and M. concinna which rarely grow to more than 1 m (3 ft) high, to trees like M. cajuputi and M. quinquenervia, which can reach 35 m (100 ft). (One specimen of M. cajuputi reached 46 m (200 ft).)

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Myrtales

            • Family: Myrtaceae

              • Genus: Melaleuca