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Niaouli Blooming New Caledonia
Nouvelle Calédonie

The plants of New Caledonia are a very strange lot. They may go without flowering for years and then, one year, pow, a particular species will bloom all at once.

When we sailed into Baie Maa on June 14th the Niaouli trees were all blooming. The white fuzzy blossoms covered the hillsides and made the trees look like they were covered in snow and we could smell the honey-rich aroma from a mile away - literally. 

The Niaouli tree, Melaleuca quinquenervia var. cineole may have originated in New Caledonia and is one of the most common trees in the dry western forests of Grande Terre. We've seen it blooming before but never in such massive abundance. 

Niaouli trees are famous. Related to the New Zealand Tea Tree and the Eucalyptus, the essential oil distilled from the leaves and terminal stems of the tree, has a wide variety of medicinal uses. It is used to treat muscle aches, cuts, fungal skin and digestive infections, candida, herpes simplex, viral hepatitis, influenza and most respiratory conditions. You can buy it in most of Noumea's supermarkets and the New Caledonia Niaouli Oil is shipped all over the world.

I wandered up into the forest until I found this particularly lovely area. I used my trusty little GoPro Hero3 on the end of a telescoping fishing pole to bring you this sphere image of the magic medicinal plant of New Caledonia.

Copyright: Richard Chesher
Type: Spherical
Resolution: 11648x5824
Taken: 14/06/2014
Chargée: 30/06/2014
Published: 11/07/2014
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Tags: niaouli; blooming; flowers; trees; melaleuca; quinquenervia; new caledonia; medicinal plant; gopro; hero3
More About Nouvelle Calédonie

Une Nation du Pacifique Sud, la plus proche de l'Australie et de la Nouvelle Zélande. Une chaîne de hautes montagnes, d'impressionnantes cascades et de nombreuses rivières avec une flore et une faune variée et souvent unique au monde - C'est le paradis de la randonnée pédestre ou équestre ainsi que de l'excursion en véhicule tout-terrain.Le plus grand lagon du monde, peuplé d'une faune tropicale endémique particulièrement riche, avec des récifs et des populations de poissons rares et protégées. Des centaines d'épaves sous-marines, des îlots, de nombreuses plages de sable blanc. La population calédonienne est issue d'un large brassage culturel : Mélanésiens, Européens, Polynésiens, Vietnamiens, Chinois, Japonais, et la langue et culture française. La Nouvelle-Calédonie est dotée de très bonnes infrastructures médicales et sociales. Une infrastructure touristique qui offre un large éventail de types d'hébergement allant de l'hôtel 5 étoiles au camping aménagé en passant par l'accueil en milieu tribal, les chambres d'hôtes, les refuges et l'auberge de jeunesse.


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