Australian tea tree

Quick growing shrub, with lush, scented foliage. White, butterfly attracting flowers in spring. Leaves are crushed to separate medicinal oils. Ancient aboriginal remedy for many skin irritations and insect repellent.

Leptospermum laevigatum - Large shrub or low-lying tree with smooth bark, small white flowers.

Coast Teatree from Kurnell, NSW, AU on September 23, 2022 at 03:54 PM by bryce_liddell. Myrtaceae as loculicidal capsule present. Leptospermum as stamens shorter than petals. laevig...

Botanical Name of Tea Tree: Melaleuca alternifolia. Other Common Names: Narrow-leaved tea-tree, ti-tree, narrow-leaved paperbark, snow in summer, melaleuca (French), Teebaum, (German), teoljebuske (Swedish). Habitat The tea tree is native to the humid coastal areas of New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. The tree is propagated by seeds or semi-hard cuttings during the summer. Tea tree is grown on a large scale in Australia for the extraction of the essential oil. Description: Tea…

Tea tree is considered as a “medicine chest in a bottle” with its effective antiseptic property.

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For awhile I had a New Zealand Tea Tree (Leptospermum scoparium) growing in a large pot in my back yard. Several varieties of this species can be found in the nursery trade. This dark red variety is my favorite, and it is quite popular in California. Later on, when I visited New Zealand, I was able to actually walk through a forest of wild tea trees, which the New Zealanders call "manuka" trees. But all of them, even the ones in cultivation, had white or pale pink flowers.

Manuka flowers in Victoria Domain, Picton.