Melaleuca fluviatalis

Paper Barked Tea-Tree

Myrtaceae 

Form and Size: Shrub or tree to 30m with weeping branches and foliage.

Distribution: Widespread throughout eastern tropical Queensland and N.T., on watercourses.

Leaves: Simple, alternate, entire and narrowly elliptic.  Five to seven parallel veins.

 Bark: Thickly layered and papery.

 Flowers: Spikes to 5cm wide, of yellowish or greenish tinted cream.

Fruit: Woody cup shaped capsules, 0.3-0.5 by 0.3-0.6 cm.