Plant Details

Accepted name:: Melaleuca linariifolia Sm. [Myrtaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
flax-leaf paperbark	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
flax-leaved paperbark	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
melaleuca oil	Other	British Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
narrow-leaf paperbark	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
narrow-leaf teatree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
snow-in-summer	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tea tree oil	Other	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, terminal branchlet	essential oil	British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
leaf, branch	essential oil	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
foliage, terminal branchlet	essential oil	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
leaf, terminal branchlets	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
leaf, branch		European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Melaleuca hyssopifolia (Cav.) Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult., ed. 2, 5: 375 (1811).
Melaleuca linariifolia var. typica Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 456 (1928), not validly publ.
Melaleuca stricta Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult., ed. 2, 5: 375 (1811), not validly publ.
Metrosideros hyssopifolia Cav. Icon. 4: 20 (1797), nom. illeg.
Myrtoleucodendron linariifolium (Sm.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 241 (1891).
Ozandra hyssopifolia (Cav.) Raf. Autik. Bot.: 148 (1840).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Melaleuca linariifolia	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Melaleuca linariifolia Sm.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Melaleuca linariifolia Smith	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)

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