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Myrtaceae

Prickly-leaf teatree

Melaleuca styphelioides Sm.

Family
Myrtaceae
Genus
Melaleuca

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Prickly-leaf teatree: Melaleuca styphelioides (cultivated) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)
Chinese
刺叶白千层, 尖叶白千层
English
Prickly-leaf teatree
Persian
پاپربارک خاردار بزرگ
Russian
Мелалеука стифелиевая

Synonyms

  • Leptospermum styphelioides (Sm.) S.Schauer
  • Melaleuca obliqua Büse ex de Vriese
  • Myrtoleucodendron stypheliodes (Sm.) Kuntze

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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.