Line engraving by Gerald Sibelius, after
Sydney Parkinson (1770) and Frederick
Polydore Nodder (1782).

Plate 117

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Banks Florilegium, Part 6, Plate 117

Melaleuca quinquenervia (Myrtaceae)

Line engraving by Gerald Sibelius, after Sydney Parkinson (1770) and Frederick
Polydore Nodder (1782).

Joseph Banks and his party saw this species at:
Bay of Inlets, Australia (1770)
Bustard Bay, Australia (22 May - 24 May 1770)

This species occurs as a tree in coastal areas of eastern Australia north from
Sydney. Its dark green leaves have an aromatic, oily smell when crushed. It is
often known as paper-bark because of its white bark which has been used for a
variety of purposes, especially by the Aborigines. Infants' pillows filled with
treated bark are said to be 'non-suffocating'.

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