It comes from the nectar of the flower of Leptospermum scoparium — also known as Manuka, which is only native to New Zealand. Mānuka, in fact, is a Maori word. "The plant itself is very rare.

Flowers have long carried meaning across cultures. Egyptians revered the lotus as a symbol of purity and rebirth, while ancient Greeks crowned the heads of poets and warriors with laurel, representing ...