Plant Details

Accepted name:: Leptospermum scoparium J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. [Myrtaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
broom teatree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
falsa-érica	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
leptospermo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
manuka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
manuka myrtle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
manuka teatree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
manukamirt	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
new zealand tea	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
new zealand tea-tree	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
new zealand teatree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rosenmyrten	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
árvore-chá	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
érica	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 29 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Leptospermum bullatum Fitzh. Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 5: 100 (1912).
Leptospermum floribundum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 349 (1796), nom. illeg.
Leptospermum humifusum A.Cunn. ex S.Schauer Linnaea 15: 425 (1841).
Leptospermum linifolium (Aiton) Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult., ed. 2, 5: 381 (1811), nom. illeg.
Leptospermum multiflorum Cav. Icon. 4: 17 (1797).
Leptospermum nichollsii Dorr.Sm. Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 43: 399 (1908).
Leptospermum obliquum Colla Hortus Ripul., App. 2: 351 (1825).
Leptospermum oxycedrus S.Schauer Linnaea 15: 432 (1841).
Leptospermum pungens Otto & A.Dietr. Allg. Gartenzeitung 9: 260 (1841), nom. illeg.
Leptospermum scoparium var. bullatum Rehder Gardening Ill. 30: 415 (1909).
Leptospermum scoparium var. confertifolium S.Schauer Linnaea 15: 425 (1841).
Leptospermum scoparium var. eximea B.L.Burtt Bot. Mag. 162: t. 9582 (1939).
Leptospermum scoparium var. forsteri S.Schauer Linnaea 15: 425 (1841).
Leptospermum scoparium var. incanum Cackayne Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 49: 58 (1917).
Leptospermum scoparium var. linearifolium Otto & A.Dietr. Allg. Gartenzeitung 9: 260 (1841).
Leptospermum scoparium var. linifolium (Aiton) Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult., ed. 2, 5: 384 (1811).
Leptospermum scoparium var. myrtifolium W.T.Aiton Hortus Kew. 3: 181 (1811).
Leptospermum scoparium var. nichollsii (Dorr.Sm.) Ewart Fl. Victoria: 856 (1931).
Leptospermum scoparium var. parvum Kirk Stud. Fl. New Zealand: 158 (1899).
Leptospermum scoparium var. prostratum Hook.f. Fl. Nov.-Zel. 1: 70 (1852).
Leptospermum scoparium roseum J.R.Duncan & V.C.Davies Nursery Cat. (Duncan & Davies) 1925: 13 (1925).
Leptospermum scoparium rubrum-pygmaeum J.R.Duncan & V.C.Davies Nursery Cat. (Duncan & Davies) 1925: vii (1925).
Leptospermum scoparium var. sericeum Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1863: 34 (1863).
Leptospermum scoparium var. vulgare Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 452 (1928), not validly publ.
Melaleuca scoparia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) L.f. Suppl. Pl.: 343 (1782).
Melaleuca tenuifolia J.C.Wendl. Bot. Beob.: 50 (1798).
Philadelphus floribundus Usteri ex Roem. Bot. Mag. (Römer & Usteri) 3: 177 (1790).
Philadelphus scoparius (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Aiton Hort. Kew. 2: 150 (1789).
Philadelphus scoparius var. linifolius Aiton Hort. Kew. 2: 156 (1789).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Leptospermum scoparium Forst. & Forst.f.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Leptospermum scoparium J. R. & G. Forst.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Leptospermum scoparium J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Leptospermum scoparium J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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