Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake

Leaves more than 30 mm long up to 25 mm wide, lanceolate-elliptic. Flower spikes 2–5 cm long. Stamens 8–12 mm long. Capsule c. 5 mm diam.; aperture almost as wide as middle of capsule. Tree up to 10 m high, with papery bark. Coast. Swamps and lake margins. Fl. autumn–winter. Paperbark or Broad-leaved Tea-tree