Melaleuca nesophila F.Muell., Myrtaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results:  High risk, score: 8 (Go to the risk assessment)

Common name(s): [more details]

English: mauve honey myrtle

Habit:  shrub

Description:  "Leaves alternate, obovate-oblanceolate to oblong-elliptic, 1-2(-4) cm long, 3-9 mm wide, rounded and sometimes mucronulate at the apex, conspicuously wrinkled but nervation often scarcely visible. Flowers in terminal heads 1.8-2.5 cm diameter, usually overtopped by outgrowing leafy axes after anthesis. Petals ± 2 mm long, scarious. Staminal claws about same length with 10-15 pink, lavender or purple-red filaments. Shrub 1-7 m tall, ± glabrous." (Flora of Tropical East Africa in JStor Global Plants entry for Melaleuca nesophila)

Habitat/ecology:  (no habitat/ecology info known by PIER)

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  Western Australia (GRIN).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	O‘ahu Island		Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.) (1941) (voucher ID: BISH 60084) Taxon name on voucher: Melaleuca nesophila F.Muell.

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Australia Australia (continental)	Australia (continental)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) Western Australia

Control:  If you know of control methods for Melaleuca nesophila, please let us know.