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Tea tree oil is toxic when taken by mouth, but is widely used in low concentrations in cosmetics and skin washes. Tea tree oil has been claimed to be useful for treating a wide variety of medical conditions. It shows some promise as an antimicrobial. Tea tree oil may be effective in a variety of dermatologic conditions, including dandruff, acne, lice, herpes, and other skin infections. However, the quality of the evidence is low.
==Uses==
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Oil}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Melaleuca oil}}
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
===Guna===
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Variable| variously arranged, scattered to whorled often on one branchlet; petiole 1 mm long; blade linear-acute, 10-35 mm x 1 mm, 3-veined (often only mid-vein visible), puberulous, glabrescent, dotted with oil glands
visible with a lens. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|axillary or terminal spike|Pale yellow|30-60|Flowers solitary within each bract with tubular calyx up to 3 mm long and white corolla 2-3 mm long, stamens 30-60, white, clawed, pistil with 3-4 mm long style and capitate stigma. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A capsule|2-3mm||a many-seeded, globose, woody capsule, 2-3 mm in diameter}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Stem}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
Seed - surface sow in spring or autumn onto a pot of permanently moist soil in a warm greenhouse. Emmerse in 5cm of water and do not water from overhead. Grow on until the seedlings are 0.5cm tall then remove from the water and pot up a week later. Seedlings are liable to damp off when grown this way, sowing the seed thinly, good ventilation and hygiene are essential for success. <ref name="Cultivation details"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Hojas del Árbol del Té.jpg|Leaves
File:Melaleuca alternifolia (Maria Serena) tree.jpg|Tree
File:Melaleuca alternifolia flowers.jpg|Flowers
File:Melaleuca alternifolia.jpg|Flowers
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb/AFTPDFS/Melaleuca_alternifolia.PDF "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Cultivation details">[https://pfaf.org/USER/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Melaleuca+alternifolia "Cultivation details"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Australia]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have flower, fruit and leaf photos]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos]]
[[Category:Myrtaceae]]
