Editing Melaleuca (section)

===Essential oils===
''Melaleuca alternifolia'' is notable for its [[essential oil]], which has [[Antifungal medication|antifungal]] and [[antibiotic]] properties in vitro.<ref name="drugs">{{cite web |title=Tea tree oil |url=https://www.drugs.com/npp/tea-tree-oil.html |publisher=Drugs.com |access-date=4 May 2023 |date=13 February 2023}}</ref><ref name=ncbi>{{cite journal|last1=Carson|first1=C. F.|last2=Hammer|first2=K. A.|last3=Riley|first3=T. V.|title=''Melaleuca alternifolia'' (Tea Tree) Oil: a Review of Antimicrobial and Other Medicinal Properties|journal=Clinical Microbiology Reviews|date=17 January 2006|volume=19|issue=1|pages=50–62|doi=10.1128/CMR.19.1.50-62.2006|pmid=16418522|pmc=1360273}}</ref> Though it is safe for [[topical medication|topical]] applications,<ref name=RIRDC>{{cite book|last1=O'Brien|first1=Peter|last2=Dougherty|first2=Tony|title=The effectiveness and safety of Australian Tea Tree oil|date=2007|publisher=RIRDC|location=Barton, A.C.T.|isbn=978-1741515398|pages=9–12|url=http://www.gelair.com.au/pdf/RIRDC-Paper-Efficacy-and-Toxicity.pdf|access-date=19 August 2015|archive-date=1 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201023427/http://www.gelair.com.au/pdf/RIRDC-Paper-Efficacy-and-Toxicity.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> tea tree oil is toxic if ingested orally.<ref name=drugs/>

The oil is produced on a commercial scale and marketed as [[tea tree oil]].<ref name="Brophy (2)">{{cite web|last1=Brophy|first1=Joseph J.|last2=Craven|first2=Lyndley A.|last3=Doran|first3=John C.|title=Melaleuca – Their Botany, Essential Oil and uses (Preliminaries)|url=http://aciar.gov.au/files/mn156-prelims_1.pdf|publisher=Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research|access-date=19 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528213958/http://aciar.gov.au/files/mn156-prelims_1.pdf|archive-date=28 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Melaleuca cajuputi'' is used to produce a similar oil, known as [[Cajeput oil|cajuput oil]], which is used in [[Southeast Asia]] to treat a variety of infections and to add fragrance to food and soaps.<ref name=Doran>{{cite book|last1=Doran|first1=John C.|editor-last1=Southwell|editor-first1=Ian|editor-last2=Lowe|editor-first2=Robert|title=Tea tree: the genus melaleuca|date=1999|publisher=Harwood Academic|location=Amsterdam|isbn=9057024179|pages=221–224}}</ref>