Melaleuca araucarioides is a small to medium tree, about 0.5–1.5 m (2–5 ft) high and wide with rough bark.
Its leaves are fleshy and glabrous, about 2–6 mm (0.08–0.2 in) long and 1–2 mm (0.04–0.08 in) wide.
They are crowded and arranged in groups of three forming six rows of leaves along the branches.


The flowers are pale cream-coloured in one or two heads on the ends of the younger branches or often on older wood.
The heads of flowers are about 14–16 mm (0.55–0.63 in) in diameter.
As with other melaleucas, the stamens are joined in bundles and in this species there are usually only 3 stamens per bundle.
Flowers appear in spring and are followed by fruit which are woody capsules 2.5–3.5 mm (0.098–0.14 in) long, 2–4.3 mm (0.08–0.2 in) in diameter forming small, tight clusters with the thickened sepals remaining as teeth.
Melaleuca araucarioides is a small to medium tree, about 0.5–1.5 m (2–5 ft) high and wide with rough bark. Its leaves are fleshy and glabrous, about 2–6 mm (0.08–0.2 in) long and 1–2 mm (0.04–0.08 in) wide. They are crowded and arranged in groups of three forming six rows of leaves along the branches.

The flowers are pale cream-coloured in one or two heads on the ends of the younger branches or often on older wood. The heads of flowers are about 14–16 mm (0.55–0.63 in) in diameter. As with other melaleucas, the stamens are joined in bundles and in this species there are usually only 3 stamens per bundle. Flowers appear in spring and are followed by fruit which are woody capsules 2.5–3.5 mm (0.098–0.14 in) long, 2–4.3 mm (0.08–0.2 in) in diameter forming small, tight clusters with the thickened sepals remaining as teeth.
Melaleuca araucarioides