Plant Details

Accepted name:: Melaleuca alternifolia (Maiden & Betche) Cheel [Myrtaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aetheroleum melaleucae alternifoliae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
australian melaleuca oil	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
australian tea tree	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
chá shù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
medicinal tea tree	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
melaleuca	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
melaleuca oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
melaleuca, terpinen-4-ol type (tea tree)	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
melaleuca, type terpinène-4-ol (tea tree)	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
melaleucae aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
minyak kayu putih	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
narrow-leaf paperbark	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
narrow-leaf teatree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
narrow-leaved paperbark	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
narrow-leaved tea-tree	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
narrow-leaved ti-tree	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
snow-in-summer	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tea tree	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
tea tree oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
tea-tree oil	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
teatree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
teebaum	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
teoljebuske	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ti tree	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
yǔ yè chá shù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
羽叶茶树	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
茶树	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, terminal branchlet	essential oil	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
leaf, frond		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
	oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
leaf and terminal branchlet	essential oil	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
ess. oil		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
leaf, branch	essential oil	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
foliage and terminal branchlet	essential oil	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
leaf, terminal branchlets	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
leaf, branch	Essential oil obtained by steam distillation from the foliage and terminal branchlets	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Melaleuca linariifolia var. alternifolia Maiden & Betche Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 29: 742 (1904 publ. 1905).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Melaleuca alternifolia	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Melaleuca alternifolia (Maiden & Betche) Cheel	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Melaleuca alternifolia (Maiden & Betche)Cheel	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Melaleuca alternifolia (Maiden and Betch) Cheel	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
Melaleuca alternifolia (Maiden and Betch) Chell	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
Melaleuca alternifolia (Maiden and Betche) Cheel	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
Melaleuca alternifolia Cheel	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Melaleuca alternifolia Cheel.	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Melaleuca linariifolia Sm. alternifolia Maiden & Betche	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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