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Re: Asimina triloba (paw-paw) and tea tree (Eugenia?)

At 12:05 PM 6/17/97 +0100, you wrote:

>This month's issue of the Garden, journal of the RHS, says that in the US
>paw-paws are quite popular. Does any of you out there grow it? I'd love to
>hear your experiences and comments. How hardy is it, specially in terms of
>Summer drought and/or winter gales? I am planning to improve my garden with
>unusual fruiting trees, and I'd like to try paw-paw.

We grow A. triloba here at UConn, but alas, its a small plant in the
alpine/medit greenhouse so my experience with it will not help.

>Second question: an English lady I met some time ago sang praises of a "Tea
>tree" oil, which she said is a wonderful, all-round ointement, useful to
>prevent cavities, to cure scratches and headaches, etc. She did not know
>what plant it was, though, and this "oil" is unknown in Italian market. I
>don't remember why I got the impression it could have been any of the
>Eugenias. Any information about it?

Tea Tree as I have come to know it is usually referring to any member of
the genus Leptospermum. Most of these plants come from Australia and are in
the Myrtaceae.  One species, L. citratum, is cultivated for a lemon-scented
oil, but I do not know of any specific use for such oil.  

There was a link in our database to a good page on Lepto's.  The link has
changed so the one in the database is now dead (I'll fix it later) but here
is the correct URL:

http://osprey.anbg.gov.au/leptospermum/index.html

There are lots of other good pages at the ANBG site above as well...

PS - L. citratum that I mentioned above is now correctly L. petersonii.

Hope this helps....

Clint.....
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