Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_melaleuca_armillaris
Bracelet Honey-myrtle
Melaleuca armillaris
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About Bracelet Honey-myrtle
Bracelet Honey-myrtle (Melaleuca armillaris) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through historical forestry planting records. The reviewed records do not establish present survival. Native to southeastern Australia in coastal and near-coastal subtropical shrubland and woodland. A 1980 forestry ledger documents Kauaʻi planting within the 1910–1960 forestry program; no species-specific year is available from the reviewed index; it does not establish current survival, reproduction, or naturalization.
Kauaʻi evidence
Taxonomic identity, tree form, diagnostic morphology and island occurrence use the linked reviewed sources. Historical planting, cultivation, naturalization and invasive status are separate. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence. The 1918–1959 Kauaʻi reforestation working register records 314 plants under Melaleuca armillaris across 6 entries dated 1931–1958. These are recorded planting quantities, not counts of surviving trees, and they do not by themselves establish current persistence, naturalization, or ecological impact. Source: Kauaʻi Reforestation Plantings 1918–1959 working register (user-supplied; reconciled 6 October 2026).
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Melaleuca armillaris
- Common names
- Bracelet Honey-myrtle · Bracelet melaleuca
- Other names
- Melaleuca armillaris · Bracelet honey-myrtle · Bracelet melaleuca
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-06
- Evidence limits
- Current survival on Kauaʻi, number of trees, occupied habitat, flowering or fruiting, recruitment, population trend, and ecological effects are all unconfirmed; no naturalization or invasive severity is inferred from the historical planting record.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Nectar-bearing flowers are animal-pollinated; numerous fine seeds mature in persistent woody capsules and are released through apical openings. Kauaʻi flowering, viability, dispersal, and recruitment are unknown.
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Evergreen shrub or small tree
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Not yet assessed
- Data gaps
- Current population extent and trajectory · Additional species-specific ecological and conservation sources
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- Bracelet Honey-myrtle (Melaleuca armillaris) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through historical forestry planting records. The reviewed records do not establish present survival. Native to southeastern Australia in coastal and near-coastal subtropical shrubland and woodland. A 1980 forestry ledger documents Kauaʻi planting within the 1910–1960 forestry program; no species-specific year is available from the reviewed index; it does not establish current survival, reproduction, or naturalization.
Sources and further reading
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:597845-1
- https://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/entities/melaleuca_armillaris.htm
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:597845-1/general-information
- https://research.fs.usda.gov/download/treesearch/47617.pdf
- https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?lvl=sp&name=Melaleuca~armillaris&page=nswfl