Melaleuca leucadendra

Weeping paperbark
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Melaleuca
Species:	M. leucadendra
Binomial name
Melaleuca leucadendra (L.) L.[1]
Synonyms[1]
List Cajuputi leucadendron (L.) Rusby ex A.Lyons Leptospermum leucodendron (L.) J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Melaleuca latifolia Raeusch. nom. inval., nom. nud. Melaleuca leucadendra (L.) L.f. leucadendra Melaleuca leucadendra (L.) L. var. leucadendra Melaleuca leucadendra var. mimosoides (A.Cunn. ex Schauer) Cheel Melaleuca leucadendron L.f. orth. var. Melaleuca leucadendron L.f. var. leucadendron orth. var. Melaleuca leucadendron var. mimosoides Cheel orth. var. Melaleuca mimosoides A.Cunn. ex Schauer Metrosideros coriacea Salisb. Myrtus leucadendra L.

Melaleuca leucadendra, commonly known as weeping paperbark, long-leaved paperbark or white paperbark is a species of woody plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is widespread in northern Australia, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and the Torres Strait Islands. It grows as a tree to more than 20 m (70 ft) with a trunk covered with thick, white, papery bark and weeping thinner branches. It has a long flowering season, can flower at almost any time of the year and is often grown as a tree in parks and on roadsides. It was the first melaleuca to be described and was described from a specimen growing in Indonesia.