Botanical Name of Tea Tree: Melaleuca alternifolia. Other Common Names: Narrow-leaved tea-tree, ti-tree, narrow-leaved paperbark, snow in summer, melaleuca (French), Teebaum, (German), teoljebuske (Swedish). Habitat The tea tree is native to the humid coastal areas of New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. The tree is propagated by seeds or semi-hard cuttings during the summer. Tea tree is grown on a large scale in Australia for the extraction of the essential oil. Description: Tea…
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