The kind Melaleuca of the family of the Myrtaceae includes/understands many Espèce S for the majority originating in Australia. One thus extracts from several of them of the essential oils very odorous used in Phytothérapie in Aromathérapie whose therapeutic properties appreciably vary from one variety to another. The most used in this last field are the tea-tree, the Niaouli and the Cajeput.

Some species

• Melaleuca alternifolia - Tree with the
• Melaleuca armillaris
• Melaleuca bracteata
• Melaleuca cajuputi Powell - Cajeput
• Melaleuca cuticularis (= Melaleuca abietina )
• Melaleuca decussata
• Melaleuca diosmifolia
• Melaleuca elliptica
• Melaleuca gibbosa
• Melaleuca graminea S.Moore, 1920
• Melaleuca hypericifolia
• Melaleuca will leucadendra
• Melaleuca linarifolia
• Melaleuca microphylla
• Melaleuca nesophila
• Melaleuca quinquenervia - Niaouli
• Melaleuca spathulata
• Melaleuca stephelioides

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