An azalea tree is a rare tree that can generate above a lush cave biome, marking the biome's presence aboveground. They extend their roots underground into the cave beneath.
Generation[]
The rooted dirt and hanging roots that generate under an azalea tree.
Azalea trees generate on any empty space above a lush cave, including in biomes that are not grassy or underground.[1] Their roots consist of rooted dirt and hanging roots that reach all the way down to the lush cave at cavern systems such as ravines and abandoned mineshafts. The trees appear most commonly at the surface, but they can also generate inside caves given that there is enough room.
Using bone meal on an azalea or flowering azalea may grow an azalea tree, replacing the block where it was grown with rooted dirt. It does not need to be over a lush caves biome, instead working in any biome like saplings.
Blocks and items[]
These items can be obtained from azalea trees:
- Azalea Leaves (harvested with shears)
- Flowering Azalea Leaves (harvested with shears)
- Azalea (from azalea leaves)
- Flowering Azalea (from flowering azalea leaves)
- Oak Log (harvested with any tool, including hands)
- Oak Planks (created from a log in the inventory crafting grid)
- Stripped Oak Log (created by using an axe on a log)
- Rooted Dirt (harvested with any tool, including hands)
- Hanging Roots (harvested with shears)
Planting[]
Azaleas can be planted on:
History[]
| October 3, 2020 | Azalea trees were seen at Minecraft Live 2020. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.17 | 21w10a | Added azalea trees. | |||
| They generate above lush caves. | |||||
| 21w16a | Applying bone meal to azalea and flowering azalea now produces azalea trees, matching Bedrock Edition. | ||||
| 1.18 | Experimental Snapshot 1 | Azalea trees now generate naturally in default worlds, due to lush caves generating naturally. | |||
| Pre-release 7 | Azalea trees no longer generate underwater.[2] | ||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.16.220 | beta 1.16.220.52 | Added azalea trees. | |||
| They generate above lush caves. | |||||
| 1.17.0 | beta 1.16.230.54 | Applying bone meal to azalea and flowering azalea now produces azalea trees. | |||
| beta 1.17.0.50 | Azalea trees now naturally generate along with lush caves. | ||||
Issues[]
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Gallery[]
Azalea trees as seen in Minecraft Live 2020. This no longer occurs naturally, due to lush caves being unable to generate beneath plains biomes.
An azalea tree that was generated underwater in Bedrock Edition.
Azalea trees on the surface, indicating the location of the lush caves.
An azalea tree in a desert. A jungle and a warm ocean are in the background.
Azalea tree next to 2 oak trees.
An azalea tree in an old growth taiga.
An azalea tree in a mushroom fields biome.
