Leptospermum occurs as genus of astir 80-86 mintage of plants in the myrtaceae Myrtaceae. It is distributed throughout Australia, with a greatest diversity south of the continent; 2 metal money as well touch Malaysia and one (Manuka L. scoparium) to New Zealand.

It is shrubs or occasionally little trees, reaching 1-8 m tall, seldom as much as Fifteen m, by having heavy branching. A leaves are evergreen, alternate, elementary, sharp-tipped, & microscopic, within virtually all coinage non assibilate One cm yearn. A flowers are as much as Trinity cm across, using 5 white, pink or even red flower petal.

Uses
A most common title of 'tea tree' used for a bit of metal money of Leptospermum derives from either the practice of early Australian settlers of soaking a leaves of many mintage around boiling fluids to produce a herbal tea rich in ascorbic acid.

Inside Australia, Leptospermum coinage come occasionally utilized when food plants per larvae of hepialid moths of the genus Aenetus. These dig horizontally into a trunk so vertically down.

Virtually all Leptospermum coinage produce worthy garden plants. A hardiest mintage (L. lanigerum, L. liversidgei, L. polygalifolium, L. rupestre, L. scoparium) come healthy to astir −8° Hundred to −10° C; others come sensitive to frost. It tolerate virtually all soils & exposures by using skillful drain & fully sun. Constituted plants come drought tolerant. It is typically observed when hedge plants on the west coast of the United States, and occasionally mintage come popular for cultivation when bonsai. Several cultivars exist.