Melaleuca quinquenervia
Broad-leaved paperbark
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Melaleuca quinquenervia, commonly known as the broad-leaved paperbark, paper bark tea tree, punk tree or niaouli, is a small- to medium-sized tree of the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. It grows as a spreading tree up to 20 m (70 ft) tall, with its trunk covered by a white, beige and grey thick papery bark. The grey-green leaves are egg-shaped, and cream or white bottlebrush-like flowers appear from late spring to autumn. It was first formally described in 1797 by...
Read more on Wikipedia →Only 10 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Controlling Melaleuca quinquenervia
Best reported: IPA with 100% Polaris — one report from KMWP.
5.0IPA100% PolarisImazapyrG2
- 5successful. Recommended method · KMWP · trial · 2015-02-23
5.0IPA100% MilestoneAminopyralidG4
- 5successful. Recommended method · KMWP · trial
4.0IPA-Incision Point Application100% MilestoneAminopyralidG4
- 4more than moderate satisfaction · CTAHR/OANRP/ Waimea · trial · 2018-04-23
Trial complete, 20 months. 4 cuts/tree, 0.5ml/cut. At 13 months, 3 of 5 trees dead (<65cm circum), 2 remaining had some defoliation. No change at 20 months. Suggest 1 cut/15cm circum.
4.0IPA100% TRC
- 4more than moderate satisfaction · KMWP · trial · 2015-02-23
2.0IPA-Incision Point Application100% Ranger ProGlyphosateG9
- 2minimal satisfaction · CTAHR/OANRP/ Waimea · trial · 2018-04-23
Trial complete, 20 months. 4 cuts/tree, 0.5ml/cut. At 13 months, 2 of 5 trees dead. At 20 months, 3 of 5 trees alive, some recovering. Inconsistent results. Not recommended.
2.0IPA100% GLYGlyphosateG9
- 2minimal satisfaction · KMWP · trial · 2015-07-26
not complete die-off
1.0IPA-Incision Point Application100% Garlon 4 UltraTriclopyrG4
- 1unsatisfactory results · CTAHR/OANRP/ Waimea · trial · 2018-04-23
Trial complete, 20 months. 4 cuts/tree, 0.5ml/cut. At 20 months, 1 of 5 in poor health, rest recovering. Poor and inconsistent results. Not recommended.
no ratingfoliar5% RU/ 3% PolarisGlyphosateG9ImazapyrG2
- —No rating · KMWP · trial
IN PROGRESSCreated a 1M x 1M plot of dense 1m high melqui. Will evaluate plots based on foliation.
no ratingfoliar5% RU/ 5% PolarisGlyphosateG9ImazapyrG2
- —No rating · KMWP · trial
IN PROGRESSCreated a 1M x 1M plot of dense 1m high melqui. Will evaluate plots based on foliation.
no ratingfoliar3% RU/ 5% PolarisGlyphosateG9ImazapyrG2
- —No rating · KMWP · trial · 2018-07-09
IN PROGRESSCreated a 1M x 1M plot of dense 1m high melqui. Will evaluate plots based on foliation.
Ratings are the reporting organisation’s own, on a 5-point scale. Always follow the product label — the label is the law. See these 10 rows in the full table
