edited by Ian Southwell
and Robert Lowe

Tea Tree: The Genus Melaleuca collects together all of the existing information in connection with the biology, chemistry, technology and utilization of the genus Melaleuca.

This volume is a major reference source for all concerned with medicinal and aromatic plants.

Contents

1. Behind the Names: The Botany of Tea Tree, Cajuput and Niaouli
2. Tea Tree Constituents
3. Cultivation of Tea Tree
4. Weed Management in Tea Tree Plantations
5. Insect Pests of Tea Tree: Can Plantation Pests be Managed?
6. Biomass and Oil Production of Tea Tree
7. Tea Tree Breeding
8. Tea Tree Oil Distillation
9. Biological Activity of Tea Tree Oil
10. Toxicology of Tea Tree Oil
11. Tea Tree Oil in Cosmeceuticals: From Head to Toe
12. Formulating for Effect
13. Tea Tree Oil Marketing Trends
14. Cajuput Oil
15. Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cavanilles) S.T. Blake, Niaouli
16. Potentially Commercial Melaleucas

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