What is "leptospermum scoparium"

New Zealand \New` Zea"land\ A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. New Zealand flax.

1. (Bot.) A tall, liliaceous herb ( Phormium tenax), having very long, sword-shaped, distichous leaves which furnish a fine, strong fiber very valuable for cordage and the like.

2. The fiber itself.

   New Zealand tea (Bot.), a myrtaceous shrub ( Leptospermum scoparium) of New Zealand and Australia, the leaves of which are used as a substitute for tea.

Leptospermum scoparium, commonly called mānuka, manuka myrtle, New Zealand teatree, broom tea-tree, or just tea tree, is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, native to New Zealand and to southeast Australia. Although native to New Zealand, this species may not be endemic to New Zealand.