nikki watts 905 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 18 hours ago, Boot said: I believe the Australian Aboriginal word for Tea Tree is Kalara. This should be used for Australian product if they no longer want to use Jelly Bush. the aussie beeks (*want to) believe manuka is the aboriginal word for all tea trees. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Maggie James 899 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 (edited) My understanding is historically with post colonisation, no matter what the ethnic group in NZ, manuka was manuka. If Australians reverted to a non indigenious common name such as Ti Tree or Tea Tree for a varietal that was not Leptospernum scoparium, well I guess that's their choice. Edited January 11 by Maggie James Link to post Share on other sites
Alastair 8,627 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 This discussion is now continued on the new forum, link here - https://forum.nzbees.net/threads/aussie-beekeepers-fight-for-manuka.38/ Link to post Share on other sites
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