🌍 New Zealand, Australia (Leptospermum scoparium — manuka; North Island NZ (Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Waikato), Eastern Australia; UMF grading system)
🕰️ ~1980s NZ research (Dr. Peter Molan: UMF discovery); 2000s global premium market; UMFHA association 2002; high-value export commodity