Tea tree or Ti-tree is a popular name that has been applied to a number of different, unrelated plants:
- Camellia sinensis (aka Thea sinensis), from which black, green, oolong and white tea are all obtained.
- Melaleuca alternifolia from which tea tree oil is obtained, in the family Myrtaceae.
- Leptospermum, also in the family Myrtaceae; notably
- Leptospermum scoparium (Manuka) in New Zealand and southeast Australia.
- Leptospermum laevigatum, known as the Coastal Tea Tree and the Australian Tea Tree
- Kanuka (Kunzea ericoides) also in New Zealand.
- Boxthorn or Lycium in the family Solanaceae, notably
- Duke of Argyll's Tea Tree (Lycium barbarum), also known as Wolfberry or Matrimony Vine.
- Ti (plant), Cordyline fruticosa, in the family Laxmanniaceae, formerly treated in the family Agavaceae.
Also:
- Tea Tree, Tasmania is a locality south of Hobart.
- Ti Tree, Northern Territory is a small town.
Famous quotes containing the words tea and/or tree:
“When one has tea and wine one will have many friends.”
—Chinese proverb.
“A tree is beautiful, but what’s more, it has a right to life; like water, the sun and the stars, it is essential. Life on earth is inconceivable without trees. Forests create climate, climate influences peoples’ character, and so on and so forth. There can be neither civilization nor happiness if forests crash down under the axe, if the climate is harsh and severe, if people are also harsh and severe.... What a terrible future!”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)