Kangaroo Honey-myrtle

Melaleuca halmaturorum, commonly known as South Australian swamp paperbark, kangaroo honey-myrtle or salt paper-bark is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is native to Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria. It is often a tree with an unusual, crooked form, sometimes looking like an enlarged example of bonsai.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Kangaroo Honey-myrtle 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 brevifolia
• Melaleuca cuticularis
• Melaleuca preissiana
• Melaleuca parvistaminea
• Melaleuca lanceolata
• Kunzea glabrescens

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Myrtaceae

Genus

Melaleuca

Species

Melaleuca halmaturorum

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