16. River Tea Tree

Melaleuca inariifolia var. trychostachya

NON-INDIGENOUS USE:

Ornamental tree in parks and gardens. Also used for screens or windbreaks.

INDIGENOUS USE:

not known.

DESCRIPTION:

Multi stemmed spreading shrub or tree to 10m.

BARK:

White coloured peeling, papery bark.

LEAVES:

Grow opposite each other, they grow long and are narrow and pointed.

FLOWERS:

Perfumed cream flowers grow on loose spikes up to 3cm in length, similar to a bottlebrush spike. Flowers in summer. Mainly found growing along rivers or permanent waterholes, but are also drought tolerant. Great tree for native birds and insects.