deep green, stiff, lanceolate and may reach 16 inches in length. In
new flushes of growth foliage is reddish colored until leaves mature.
Pinkish-white flowers appear on hairy, branched, terminal clusters up
to 20 inches long from December to April. Numerous edible varieties
of mango are available which give considerable variation in general
tree shape, foliage and fruiting habits.
 Although mango has a distinct ornamental value, it is mainly
planted for its tropical fruit with various color combinations of green,
yellow, orange and red. In a limited way trees are used as specimen
and shade trees. White flies and scale insects can become serious on
mangos, as can an anthracnose disease of blossoms.

 Melaleuca leucodendra. Myrtaceae. Cajeput-Tree or Punk-Tree.
Southern area and warmer parts of Central area. Evergreen. Aus-
tralia.
 Cajeput-tree grows to 80 feet high with slender, sometimes pen-
dulous branches, narrow leaves, and a conspicuous yellowish-gray,
thick, soft bark that peels off in thin layers (Fig. 44). Leaves are

Fig. 43.-Southern crab-apple, Malus angustifolia (left) and Fig. 44 the cajeput-
 tree, Melaleuca leucodendra.