dear herb.
← search the archive
botanical illustration of Leptospermum ericoides, Leptospermum ericoides

botanical record · discovered

Leptospermum ericoides

Leptospermum ericoides

no alternate common names documented

At a glance

Origin / distribution: New Zealand

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: Blood, Breath, Constipation, Cough

Science studied: BETULINIC-ACID

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Myrtaceae

Scientific name: Leptospermum ericoides

Common names: not documented

History

The source record documents this plant in New Zealand.

It records these historical or traditional applications:

  • Blood
  • Breath
  • Constipation
  • Cough
  • Dysentery
  • Dysuria
  • Eye
  • Mouth
show 4 more documented entries
  • Pain
  • Skin
  • Throat
  • Sedative

This summary is limited to the cited source record.

Origins and distribution

  • New Zealand

Documented cultural uses

  • Blood
  • Breath
  • Constipation
  • Cough
  • Dysentery
  • Dysuria
  • Eye
  • Mouth
  • Pain
  • Skin
  • Throat
  • Sedative

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

  • BETULINIC-ACID

Legality

Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.

Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.

Reference images

Leptospermum ericoides
Leptospermum ericoides · Peter de Lange

Sources

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0

show claim source mapping
  • identity · DH-SRC-0030
  • documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
  • compounds · DH-SRC-0030
  • taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

Contributions and revisions

No published revisions are documented for this record. Community submissions enter review and retain attribution before any published change.

Dear Herb is a living journal of botanical knowledge. Its records grow through research, historical discovery, and community contributions.

add knowledgesuggest correctionadd source