Myrtaceae
Weeping paperbark
Melaleuca leucadendra
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Melaleuca
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Common names
By language (28)
- Arabic
- بلقاء بيضاء الجذع, شجرة البيضاء, كايبوت
- arz
- بلقاء بيضاء الجذع
- ban
- Kayu putih
- Bangla
- ক্যাজুপুট
- bjn
- Kayu putih
- Burmese
- ကာကျူပွတ်ပင်
- Cantonese
- 白千層
- Chinese
- 白千层, 白千層, 长叶白千层, 千层皮
- Croatian
- Kajaput drvo
- English
- Weeping paperbark
- German
- Cajeput, Cajeputbaum
- Hungarian
- Olajos kajeputfa
- Indonesian
- Kayu putih
- Japanese
- カユプテ
- Javanese
- Kayu putih
- Kannada
- ಕಾಜಪುಟೆ ಮರ
- Latin
- Cajeputum
- mad
- Kaju potè
- Malagasy
- Niaouli
- Malay
- Pokok Gelam
- Malayalam
- മെലാലൂക ലൂകഡെൻട്ര
- Russian
- Кайюпутовое дерево, Каепутовое дерево
- Spanish
- Cajeput
- Swedish
- Kajeputträd, Kajeputolja
- Tamil
- பேப்பர் மரம்
- Thai
- เสม็ดขาวใบยาว
- Ukrainian
- Мелалеука плакуча
- Vietnamese
- Tràm lá dài
Synonyms
- Cajuputi leucadendron (L.) A.Lyons
- Kajuputi leucadendron (L.) Farw.
- Leptospermum leucodendron (L.) J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
- Meladendron leucocladum St.-Lag.
- Melaleuca amboinensis Gand.
- Melaleuca leucadendra var. angusta C.Rivière
- Melaleuca leucadendra var. cunninghamii F.M.Bailey
- Melaleuca leucadendra var. lancifolia F.M.Bailey
- Melaleuca leucadendra var. mimosoides (A.Cunn. ex S.Schauer) Cheel
- Melaleuca mimosoides A.Cunn. ex S.Schauer
- Melaleuca rigida Roxb.
- Metrosideros coriacea Salisb.
- Myrtus alba Noronha
- Myrtus leucadendra L.
- Myrtus saligna Burm.f.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to September (from 24 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Donald Davesne, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: portioid, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ethel Aardvark, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: coenobita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Petra Holland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: elawrey, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Malaika Mathew Chawla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Pancrat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.