Editing Mānuka (section)

== Names ==
The name ''mānuka'' is [[Māori language|Māori]];<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/3596 |title=mānuka|dictionary=Te Aka Māori Dictionary|date=2003|first=John C. |last=Moorfield |access-date=12 January 2018}}</ref> it comes from [[Proto-Polynesian language|Proto-Polynesian]] *''nukanuka'' or *''nuka'' which refers to ''[[Decaspermum fruticosum]]'' due to its similar small white flowers; it is a [[doublet (linguistics)|doublet]] of the aforementioned ''kānuka'' (referring to not only ''[[Kunzea ericoides]]'' but also ''[[Kunzea robusta]]'').<ref>{{cite web |title=*Nuka, *Nukanuka, *-nuka |url=http://www.temarareo.org/PPN-Manuka.html |date=2022 |website=Te Māra Reo |publisher=Benson Family Trust |access-date=30 October 2022}}</ref>

Other common names for this species are  ''New Zealand teatree'',<ref name=GRIN/> ''broom tea-tree'',<ref name=BSBI07>{{BSBI 2007 |access-date=2014-10-17}}</ref> just ''tea tree'', ''{{lang|mi|kāhikatoa}}'',<ref name="manuka">{{cite web|title=Mānuka/kāhikatoa and kānuka|url=http://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-plants/manuka-kahikatoa-and-kanuka/|publisher=New Zealand Government – Te Wānanga o Aotearoa Department of the Environment|access-date=7 July 2017|archive-date=2017-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705122517/http://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-plants/manuka-kahikatoa-and-kanuka/|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''mānuka myrtle''.<ref name=GRIN>{{GRIN | access-date = 15 December 2017}}</ref> [[Captain Cook]] assigned the name ''tea tree'' as his men would use the leaves to make a [[infusion|'tea' drink]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Salmon |first=John T. |year=1980 |title=The Native Trees of New Zealand |publisher=Reed |isbn=0-589-01340-8 |pages=162}}</ref> "Jelly bush" is also used in Australia to describe similar honey from ''[[Leptospermum polygalifolium]]''.