Manuka Honey 500g from New Zealand

Description   New Zealand made Manuka Honey 500g from New Zealand - Manuka Honey is a dark, cream honey with unique anti-bacterial qualities. Manuka flowers have a strong aromatic fragrance and when freshly opened, are full of nectar and much sought after by the honey-bee. FACT BOX Variety: Manuka Appearance: Dark cream to dark brown Flavour: Mineral, slightly bitter, barley sugar, herbaceous Manuka (Leptospermum scoparium) Family: Myrtaceae Commonly known as "TeaTree". Found abundantly throughout both the North and South Islands, Manuka is probably the commonest and best known of all New Zealand plants. In flower, Manuka is a most beautiful plant and a stand of the flowering shrub clothing a hillside looks from a distance like snow. The flowers of the wild white form are about 12mm across. Manuka flowers from September until February and the seeds ripen during April and May but often remain on the plant until the next year. The flowers, when freshly opened, are full of nectar and much sought after by the honey-bee. The honey has a dense, jellylike consistency. The reason for the peculiar nature is the presence in the honey of a protein not unlike the white of an egg. "In partaking of this rich, dark honey, you are entering into the healing world of Tane - mysterious, regenerative and infinitely powerful" Tane Mahuta is the god of the New Zealand forest. The Manuka plays an important role in his domain, and is his special child. The plant is treasured by the Maori people and has traditionally been used to treat a wide variety of ailments. The berries of the plant were used to make poultice for wounds, and the gum obtained from the green bark was used to treat burns and scalds. Maoris and early settlers used manuka for the treatment of dysentery and diarrhoea by chewing young shoots or swallowing a mixture made from boiling seed capsules or bark in water. Other mixtures prepared from the leaves, bark, and gum were used for treating complaints, including colic, coughing, fevers, inflamed breasts, scalds and burns. As a low-lying shrub, it is ready cover for open country and acts as a gentle shelter to nourish new forest. The plant is strongly aromatic: the leaves, young shoots, flowers and seeds all share this aromatic fragrance from an essential oil they contain.   Details   SKU: HNZManuka Weight: 0.60 kg Price: $21.00 NZD [convert]   (Notify me when the price drops)   ADD TO CART

Detailed Images