Tea Tree: The Genus Melaleuca / Edition 1

by Ian Southwell, Robert Lowe

Overview

An up-to-date review of this popular medicinal plant genus, this book will be of interest to all those concerned with the study and use of medicinal plants and provides a comprehensive and contemporary overview of the status of tea tree.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789057024177
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/25/1999
Series:	Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles , #9
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	274
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Southwell, Ian; Lowe, Robert

Table of 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