Does anyone know what Melaleuca is?

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Does anyone know what Melaleuca is?

Answer 1

One well-known melaleuca, the Ti tree (aka tea tree), Melaleuca alternifolia, is notable for its essential oil which is both anti-fungal, and antibiotic, while safely usable for topical applications. This is produced on a commercial scale, and marketed as Tea Tree Oil. The Ti tree is not actually usable for making tea, but presumably named for the brown colouration of many water courses caused by shed leaves from this species and other similar species trees, for a famous example see Brown Lake (Stradbroke Island)). The name "tea tree" is also used for a related genus, Leptospermum. Both Leptospermum and Melaleuca are myrtles of the family, Myrtaceae.

Answer 2

It's a plant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaleuca

Answer 3

It's the name of a company that sells products with tea tree oil in them. Tea tree oil is good for cleansing the body on the outside only as it can be poisonous if taken internally.

They charge alot for their products, tho.

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