Melaleuca bracteata F.Muell., Myrtaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results:  High risk, score: 10 (Go to the risk assessment)

Other Latin names:  Melaleuca monticola J. M. Black

Common name(s): [more details]

English: black teatree, river teatree

Habit:  shrub/tree

Description:  "Shrub or tree to 15 m high with hard, fissured bark. Leaves alternate, narrow-ovate to ovate, 10-28 mm long, 1.5-3 mm wide, 5-11-veined, apex acute to acuminate, glabrous or occasionally pubescent; sessile. Inflorescences few- to many-flowered spikes 1.5-3.5 cm long; rachis pubescent. Flowers solitary or in threes within each bract, white. Petals ± circular, 1.5-2 mm long. Stamens 16-25 per bundle; claw 3-4 mm long. Fruit subglobose, 2-3 mm in diameter, orifice c. 2 mm in diameter; sepals persistent"  (New South Wales PlantNET).

Habitat/ecology:  "Along watercourses or on heavier inland soils in depressions"  (New South Wales PlantNET).

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  Australia (New South Wales PlantNET).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	O‘ahu Island		Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.) (1930) (voucher ID: BISH 60077) Taxon name on voucher: Melaleuca bracteata F.Muell.

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Australia Australia (continental)	New South Wales	native	National Herbarium of New South Wales (2011)
Australia Australia (continental)	Northern Territory	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
Australia Australia (continental)	Queensland	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
Indonesia Indonesia	Indonesia (Republic of)	introduced	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
Singapore Singapore	Singapore (Republic of)	introduced cultivated	Chong, Kwek Yan/Tan, Hugh T. W./Corlett, Richard T. (2009) (p. 59) Cultivated only
United States (west coast) United States (west coast states)	USA (California)	introduced	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)

Additional information:
Additional online information about Melaleuca bracteata is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Information about Melaleuca bracteata as a weed (worldwide references) may be available from the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Taxonomic information about Melaleuca bracteata may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

References:

Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.). 1930. Voucher specimen #BISH60077(Caum, E.L. s.n.).

Chong, Kwek Yan/Tan, Hugh T. W./Corlett, Richard T. 2009. A checklist of the total vascular plant flora of Singapore: native, naturalised and cultivated species. Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore. 273 pp.

National Herbarium of New South Wales. 2011. PlantNet: New South Wales Flora online. The Plant Information Network System of the Botanic Gardens Trust Version 2.0. Online resource.

U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. 2011. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Online searchable database.