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Taxon:  Melaleuca cajuputi Powell



Summary
Genus:
Melaleuca
Family:
Myrtaceae
Subfamily:
Myrtoideae
Tribe:
Melaleuceae
Nomen number:
23778
Place of publication:
Pharm. Lond. Transl. 22. 1809
Verified:
12/14/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Melaleuca minor Sm.
Invalid Designation(s)
Melaleuca leucadendra auct. nonn.
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Reference(s)
  1. Blake, S. T. 1968. A revision of Melaleuca leucadendron and its allies (Myrtaceae). Contr. Queensland Herb. 1:22-27.
  2. Craven, L. A. & B. J. Lepschi. 1999. Enumeration of the species and infraspecific taxa of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) occurring in Australia and Tasmania. Austral. Syst. Bot. 12:865.
  3. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  4. Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage Note: = Melaleuca leucadendra
  5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  6. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  7. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  8. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  9. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  10. Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:126-131.
  11. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Melaleuca leucadendra
  12. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
  13. Turner, I. M. 1995. A catalogue of the vascular plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bull. Singapore vol. 47.
  14. Wrigley, J. W. & M. Fagg. 1993. Bottlebrushes, paperbarks and tea trees Angus & Robertson, Australia.
Common names
English
cajaput –
cajaput-tree –
cajeput –
cajuput –
paperbark teatree –
swamp teatree –
French
cajuputier –
German
Kajeputbaum –
Indonesian
kayu putih –
Portuguese
cajepute –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJawa 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaKalimantan 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaMaluku 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaSumatera 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaIndonesiaPapua 
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueenslandn.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
6Other    exact native range obscure
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • PAPUASIA: Indonesia [Papua], Papua New Guinea
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Jawa, Kalimantan, Maluku, Sumatera], Malaysia
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Northern Territory, Queensland (n.), Western Australia]
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia
Other (exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Bee plantshoney production Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:126-131.
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalrevegetator Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:126-131.
Environmentalshade/shelter Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:126-131.
Fuelsfuelwood Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:126-131.
Materialsessential oils Wrigley, J. W. & M. Fagg. 1993. Bottlebrushes, paperbarks and tea trees Angus & Robertson, Australia.
Materialsessential oilssource of cajeput oilOyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:126-131.
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=23778. Accessed 29 April 2025.