Tea tree
Appearance
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 species in the family Myrtaceae
- Leptospermum, also in the family Myrtaceae
- Kunzea ericoides or White tea-tree, a tree or shrub of Australia and New Zealand
- species of Lycium, including
- Lycium europaeum or European teatree
- Lycium barbarum or Duke of Argyll's Tea Tree
- Ti (plant), Cordyline fruticosa, in the family Laxmanniaceae, formerly treated in the family Agavaceae
Geography
- Ti Tree, Northern Territory, a small town
- Tea Tree Plaza, a place in South Australia, Australia