Melaleuca citrina (Curtis) Dum.Cours.
| Kannada Name : | - |
| Common Name : | Crimson bottle brush tree |
| Family Name : | Myrtaceae |
| Scientific Name : | Melaleuca citrina |
| Species Type : | Exotic |
| Phenology : | Evergreen |
| Conservation Status : | Not known |
| Flowering Period : | February - May and August - November |
| Fruiting Period : | Februaury and September |
| Origin : | Australia |
Uses
The different parts of this herb have been used in common remedies for treatment of diarrhoea, dysentery and rheumatism. It is also used as a water accent, anticough, antibronchtits and insecticide in folk medicine .
Description
Evergreen, erect, large shrub or small tree, up to 7.5 m tall. Young branchlets pink or lilac and hairy. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, glabrous, oil glands scattered, base cuneate, apex acuminate. Leaves have a citrus aroma when crushed. Inflorescence a spike growing beyond into a leafy shoot. Flowers crimson, sometimes lilac or purple-red. Stamens numerous, filaments crimson coloured, free at the base. Fruit a capsule, woody, depressed globose.
