melaleuca cajuputi การใช้
- The fire-resistant paper bark tree ( " Melaleuca cajuputi " ) is common in dry areas.
- "Melaleuca cajuputi " is used to produce a similar oil, known as cajuput oil, which is used in Southeast Asia to treat a variety of infections and to add fragrance to food and soaps.
- "' Cajuput oil "'is a volatile oil obtained by distillation from the leaves of the myrtaceous trees " Melaleuca leucadendra ", " Melaleuca cajuputi ", and probably other " Melaleuca " species.
- "Melaleuca leucadendra " is superficially similar to other paperbark trees, especially " Melaleuca cajuputi ", " Melaleuca quinquenervia ", " Melaleuca linariifolia " and " Melaleuca viridiflora " and all are sometimes referred to as " cajuput " or " cajeput " . " Malay name for the paperbark tree is " gelam " and may have given its name to the Kampong Glam district in Singapore.