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Talk:Leptospermum scoparium

Can't its honey cure MRSA?

See this article- http://www.accessscience.com/content.aspx?id=SN13350&searchStr=MRSA#searchTerm

DarkestMoonlight (talk) 14:29, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Insertion of empty sections

I have taken the liberty of removing the empty section on toxicology. Whoever put it there left no indication of whether there exists any information on the subject. If in fact there is no information (if for example the plant turns out to not be toxic), this would send potential contributors on a wild goose chase. I have no objections to the section being reinstated, provided that whoever does it actually provide some content at the same time.

In general, putting in empty sections amounts to a request for other people to answer questions that you have thought of. Why not answer the question yourself? If you have a reason to put the section in, you must already have some ideas (and hence some research leads) as to what should go under it.

In some cases, an empty section may be appropriate. For example, the section on nomenclature and taxonomy is one you might expect in any article on a plant species (so I left that one alone). But a section on toxicology is not appropriate for every plant. For example, would you expect to see such a section in an article on redwoods, or roses, or tumbleweed, or oranges? Neoprote (talk) 19:19, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move 21 December 2024

Leptospermum scopariumMānuka – Per WP:NCFLORA, WP:COMMONNAME and WP:RECOGNISABILITY. WP:NCFLORA states that we should follow usage in reliable sources, and that exceptions to the use of scientific names can be made when a plant has an agricultural, horticultural, economic or cultural role or use that makes it more prominent in some other field than in botany. Mānuka has a massive cultural significance in New Zealand (particularly for Māori) and is known for its honey worldwide. Reliable sources overwhelmingly favour the name Mānuka over the scientific name, with there being three times as many academic results for a search of Mānuka (with or without the macron) compared to the scientific name. Ngrams also show overwhelming preference for Manuka over the scientific name. The use of the macron is proposed for consistency with other conventions for NZ-based articles, where macrons are used when the common name is of Māori origin and correct orthography calls for them. Turnagra (talk) 09:10, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment: per WP:FLORATITLES it seems that the cultural element is the best one to base this move on. However, although Manuka honey is well known worldwide, I'm not sure people understand that it's because of the plant pollen the bees make it from. Also, there is an instance in that article where someone has linked the word 'mānuka' to the genus, and it is implied elsewhere that the word refers to the genus Leptospermum as a whole. Therefore, I can see arguments in either direction here. YorkshireExpat (talk) 09:57, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Mānuka is easy to recognize and in common usage (even outside New Zealand). Alexeyevitch(talk) 10:10, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]