Melaleuca alternifolia, commonly known as tea tree, is a species of tree or tall shrub in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Endemic to Australia, it occurs in southeast Queensland and the north coast and adjacent ranges of New South Wales where it grows along streams and on swampy flats, and is often the dominant species where it occurs.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Narrow-leaved paperbark being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Melaleuca trichostachya
- Melaleuca linariifolia
- Melaleuca decora
- Melaleuca armillaris
- Melaleuca rhaphiophylla
- Melaleuca bracteata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Melaleuca
- Species
- Melaleuca alternifolia
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