Family: MyrtaceaeBotanical Name: Leptospermum Luehmannii Common name: Tea Tree
Indigenous name: Ngun ngun may bush
Country of origin: Australia
Growing Conditions: skeletal soil on acidic volcanic rock
PLAN DESCRIPTION
Growth habit: shrub - small mallee
Height: 2-5m
Leaves
Arrangement: Alternate
Margin: Entire
Shape: Elliptic
Colour: glossy green on both sides
Flowers
Interflorence: compound umbel
Shape: 6-12cm in diameter round shape
Colour: white
Seasons: flowers January - February
strips bark in August
Fruit
Porose capsule
Seeds
woody capsual, glabrous and deciduous
USE OF PLANT
Medicinal: crushed tea tree leaf paste is often applied to wounds as well as brewing the leaves for throat infections.
Food:
Fragrant leaves can bed used to make tea.
Other known features: Glasshouse Mountain tea tree is endemic to the Glasshouse Mountains. It is known for it's aromatic leaves and twisted trunk and branches.
Sources used:
http://www.sgapqld.org.au/articles/article5.html
http://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/addfiles/documents/mrbbg/Leptospermum%20leuhmanii.pdf
http://www.anbg.gov.au/leptospermum/
http://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?q=raw_taxon_name:%22Leptospermum%20luehmannii%20F.M.Bailey%22
