Plant Details

Accepted name:: Melaleuca cajuputi Maton & Sm. ex R.Powell [Myrtaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Melaleuca cajuputi subsp. cajuputi

Melaleuca cajuputi subsp. cumingiana (Turcz.) Barlow

Melaleuca cajuputi subsp. platyphylla Barlow

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
albina uma	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
bao qian ceng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cajaput	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cajaput-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cajeput	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cajepute	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cajuput	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cajuput tree	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cajuputier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gelam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gelam hutan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gelam putih	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kajeputbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kayu putih	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mélaleuque	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
paper bark	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
paperbark teatree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pokok putih	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
swamp teatree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tea tree	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
	Oil	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
leaves		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
leaf, terminal branchlets	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Melaleuca saligna (J.F.Gmel.) Reinw. ex Blume Mus. Bot. 1: 66 (1850), nom. illeg.
Melaleuca trinervis Buch.-Ham. Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 6: 302 (1832), nom. illeg.
Myrtus saligna J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 793 (1791).
Pimentus saligna (J.F.Gmel.) Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 105 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Melaleuca cajeputi Powell	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Melaleuca cajuputi	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Melaleuca cajuputi Maton & Sm. ex R.Powell	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Melaleuca cajuputi Powel	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Melaleuca cajuputi Powell	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Trad. Aboriginal Meds in N Territory (Barr et al., 1993) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Melaleuca cajuputi Powell.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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