Manuka is a prolific scrub type tree and is often one of the first native species to regenerate on cleared land. It can grow into a moderately sized tree, up to fifteen metres or so in height.
Manuka wood is tough and hard, and was often used for tool handles. Manuka sawdust imparts a delicious flavour when used in smoking meats and fish. Manuka honey, produced when honeybees draw upon nectar from its flowers, is distinctively flavoured, darker and richer in taste than clover honey, and is widely available in New Zealand.
Manuka are found throughout New Zealand but is particularly common on the drier east coasts of the North Island and the South Island, and in Australia in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.
Manuka is a prolific scrub type tree and is often one of the first native species to regenerate on cleared land.
Manukahoney, produced when honeybees gather the nectar from its flowers, is distinctively flavoured, darker and richer in taste than clover honey, and is widely available in New Zealand.
Clearly, Manuka was an important medicinal plant, both to the Maori and to the early European settlers who, in the early years of settlement, depended on Maori knowledge of medicinal plants in treating their own illnesses.
Manuka oil based creams are ideal for this sort of situation, as they are highly antibacterial and will promote rapid healing of the damaged area.
Manuka oil extracted from plants growing in the wild in the East Cape region of New Zealand’sNorth Island is a specific triketone rich chemotype, and independent scientific studies have demonstrated that this oil is highly effective against gram positive bacteria and many forms of skin fungus conditions.
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