Tea tree

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

• Tea Tree, Tasmania, a locality northeast of Hobart, Australia
• Ti Tree, Northern Territory, a small town
• Tea Tree Plaza, a place in South Australia, Australia