Melaleuca preissiana
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| '''Melaleuca preissiana''' Schauer |
Melaleuca preissiana, commonly known as Stout Paperbark, Modong or Moonah, is a tree that grows in coastal areas of southwest Australia. It grows up to 15 metres tall, occurring chiefly in areas that are seasonally wet. It has papery bark, and pointed leaves from 1 to 1½ centimetres long and 1 to 2 millimetres wide.
It was first published by Johannes Conrad Schauer in Johann Georg Christian Lehmann's 1844 Plantae Preissianae 1(1), from a specimen collected by Ludwig Preiss and sent to England in one of James Drummond's collections. The common name "moonah" is probably attributed in error. Flora of the Perth Region uses the name, but other sources use "moonah" in reference to Melaleuca lanceolata (Moonah or Rottnest Island Tea-tree).
It flowers in summer.
[edit] References
- Melaleuca preissiana Schauer. Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- Powell, Robert (1990). Leaf and Branch: Trees and Tall Shrubs of Perth. Perth, Western Australia: Department of Conservation and Land Management. ISBN 0730939162.
[edit] External links
- Melaleuca preissiana. FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
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