The Cajeput Tree, also known as White Tea Tree, Swamp Tea Tree and White wood (Melaleuca leucandendron) is a tree of the family Myrtaceae native to the East Indies and Tropical Australia. It has a long flexible trunk with irregular ascending branches, covered with a pale, thick, lamellated bark. It is soft and spongy and from time to time sheds its outer layer in flakes. The leaves are entire, linear, lanceolate, ash colour and alternate on short foot-stalks. The flowers are sessile and white on a long spike. An oil (tea tree oil) is distilled from the fresh leaves and twigs. Research Cajeput Tree
Tea Tree Oil (cajuput) is a natural oil distilled from the Cajuput tree. It is primarily cineol which averages about 50 percent of the constituents. The oil has long been used as an antispasmodic, diaphoretic, stimulant, antiseptic and anthelmintic. It is used externally for psoriasis and skin affections. Research Tea Tree Oil
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