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Manuka vs Kanuka - What's the difference?

manuka | kanuka |

As nouns the difference between manuka and kanuka

is that manuka is a shrub or small tree native to new zealand and southeast australia while kanuka is kunzea ericoides , the white tea tree of australia and new zealand, which can grow at high altitudes and in close proximity to geothermal features such as fumaroles.

manuka

English

Noun

(wikipedia manuka)
  • A shrub or small tree native to New Zealand and southeast Australia.
  • * 1912, , The Woman at the Store , from "Selected Short Stories"
  • There was nothing to be seen but wave after wave of tussock grass - patched with purple orchids and manuka bushes covered with thick spider webs.
  • (uncountable) The wood of this plant.
  • Synonyms

    * Leptospermum scoparium * tea tree

    kanuka

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia kanuka)
  • Kunzea ericoides , the white tea tree of Australia and New Zealand, which can grow at high altitudes and in close proximity to geothermal features such as fumaroles.