Description: Leaves aromatic when crushed - so called "Tea-tree", but it is NOT the plant from which tea tree oil is obtained, The common name tea-tree derives from the practice of early settlers of soaking the leaves of several species in boiling water to make a tea substitute. Tea-tree oil extraction comes from Melaleuca alternifolia. Date: 24 August 2008, 12:35. Source: Leptospermum sp.. Author: Tatiana Gerus from Brisbane, Australia.
Description: Woolly Tea-tree, Leptospermum grandifolium. Capsules are woolly and about 8-10 mm across. Wog Wog, Morton National Park, NSW Australia, November 2012. Date: 16 November 2012, 09:52. Source: Leptospermum grandifolium fruit. Author: John Tann from Sydney, Australia. Camera location35° 16′ 09.22″ S, 150° 02′ 28.38″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-35.269229; 150.041216.
Summary[edit] Description: This shrub grows near timberline on Mt. Kinabalu, where it is known as Sayat-sayat. One of the few species adapted to soils over ultrabasic rocks. I. Date: 4 May 2014, 16:19. Source: Leptospermum recurvum. Author: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada.