Leptospermum scoparium, commonly called mānuka, mānuka myrtle, New Zealand teatree, broom tea-tree, or just tea tree, is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, native to New Zealand and south-east Australia. Its nectar produces Mānuka honey.
Leptospermum scoparium
Tea tree, burgundy-red cultivar
'Wiri Donna' cultivar, Auckland Botanic Gardens
Mānuka honey is a monofloral honey produced from the nectar of the mānuka tree, Leptospermum scoparium.
A bowl of visibly viscous mānuka honey
A native bee[citation needed] visits a mānuka flower (Leptospermum)