🌀Māori Rongoa
Kānuka (White Tea Tree)
Kunzea ericoides
About Kānuka (White Tea Tree)
Kānuka (White Tea Tree) (Kunzea ericoides) is a herb used in the Māori Rongoa tradition to help with Wound Healing, Skin Health, Respiratory Issues, and Infection. The essential oil is the part traditionally used, applied topically.
Botanical background
Kunzea ericoides, commonly known as kānuka, white tea-tree or burgan, 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. The flowers have five petals and up to 25 stamens which are mostly longer than the petals.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Essential Oil · topical