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Common Name : Tea-tree
BOTANICAL NAME : Leptospermum laevigatum
LOCATION : Dee Why Headland
Common/Uncommon : Common
Plant Height : Tree, 2-3 metres
Flower Colour : White
Flower Size : 1 centimetre
Leaf Size : 2-3 centimetres.
Leaf Shape : Hard, oval shaped.
Other Information :
The Coastal Tea Tree is common to the Coastal areas of New South
Wales, South
Australia and Queensland.
It is called the tea-tree because the leaves will change water to a tea colour. Captain Cook made tea by boiling the leaves of a New Zealand variety on one of his early explorations of the area.
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