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Family
Common Names
Origin
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habit (Photo: Rob and Fiona Richardson)

leaves and flower buds (Photo: Rob and Fiona Richardson)

close-up of leaves (Photo: Rob and Fiona Richardson)

flower clusters (Photo: Rob and Fiona Richardson)

flowers (Photo: Rob and Fiona Richardson)

close-up of flowers (Photo: Rob and Fiona Richardson)

immature fruit (Photo: Greg Jordan)

close-up of immature fruit (Photo: Greg Jordan)

Kunzea ericoides

Scientific Name

Kunzea ericoides (A. Rich.) Joy Thomps.

Synonyms

Leptospermum ericoides A. Rich.
Leptospermum phylicoides (A. Cunn. ex Schauer) Cheel

Family

Myrtaceae

Common Names

burgan, burgan burgan, kunzea, manuka, tea-tree, white teatree

Origin

Native to eastern Australia (i.e. south-eastern Queensland, eastern New South Wales and Victoria) and New Zealand.

Naturalised Distribution

Naturalised beyond its native range in south-eastern Australia (i.e. in Tasmania and possibly also in the ACT and beyond its native range in Victoria).

Naturalised overseas in Hawaii.

Notes

Burgan (Kunzea ericoides) is regarded as an environmental weed in the ACT and Victoria, and is actively managed by community groups in the ACT.