Honey wound dressings are approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a medical device, which does not undergo the same scrutiny for safety and effectiveness as drugs. Honeys vary by floral source, and a specific type, manuka honey, is approved for marketing as Medihoney™ in wound dressings. Manuka honey is produced by honeybees that frequent the flowers of Leptospermum, known as the tea tree, manuka, and by other names; these trees are native to Australia and New Zealand.