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Kunzea ericoides, commonly known as kānuka or white tea-tree, is a tree or shrub in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to New Zealand. It has white or pink flowers similar to those of Leptospermum and from its first formal description in 1832 until 1983 was known as Leptospermum ericoides.
Leptospermum / ˌ l ɛ p t ə ˈ s p ɜːr m əm,-t oʊ-/ [2] [3] is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the myrtle family Myrtaceae commonly known as tea trees, although this name is sometimes also used for some species of Melaleuca.
Tea tree, burgundy-red cultivar 'Wiri Donna' cultivar, Auckland Botanic Gardens. Mānuka (Māori pronunciation:, Leptospermum scoparium), also known as mānuka myrtle, [1] New Zealand teatree, [1] broom tea-tree, [2] or just tea tree, is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, native to New Zealand (including the Chatham Islands) and south-east Australia.
Leptospermum fastigiatum S.Moore Leptospermopsis fastigiatum is a shrub that is endemic to the south-west of Australia. It has narrow egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and a small point on the tip, white flowers arranged singly or in pairs on short side shoots and small fruit that fall off when mature.
Kunzea phylicoides is a graceful, erect shrub which typically grows to a height of 3 m (10 ft) and has drooping branches and fibrous or corky bark. The leaves are linear to narrow lance-shaped, 7–25 mm (0.3–1 in) long and 1–2 mm (0.04–0.08 in) wide on a petiole 0.5–1 mm (0.02–0.04 in) long.
Leptosperin (originally but no longer "leptosin") is a bioactive component of Mānuka honey.It is the gentiobiose glycoside of syringic acid methyl ester. It is named for the genus Leptospermum, the shrubs from which bees harvest nectar to make this type of honey. [1]
Habit near Borden. Leptospermopsis nitens is a species of slender shrub that is endemic to Western Australia. It has thin, fibrous bark, narrow egg-shaped to wedge-shaped leaves, white or pink flowers on short side branches and fruit with the sepals attached but that falls from the plant shortly after the seeds reach maturity.
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