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+Describe the plant here...
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{{SPlantbox
|familia=Myrtaceae
|familia=Myrtaceae
−|genus=Tristania
+|genus=Tristania
|species=neriifolia
|species=neriifolia
+|taxo_author=R.Br.
|common_name=Dwarf water gum, Water Gum
|common_name=Dwarf water gum, Water Gum
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
+|habit=tree
+|habit_ref=Wikipedia
|Max ht box=15
|Max ht box=15
|Max ht metric=ft
|Max ht metric=ft
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|Max wd metric=ft
|Max wd metric=ft
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
+|lifespan=perennial
|exposure=sun
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=11
|max_zone=11
−|image=Upload.png
+|image=Tristania neriifolia Ourimbah.jpg
−|image_width=240
+|image_width=200
+|image_caption=Tristania neriifolia
+}}
+'''''Tristania''''' is a [[monotypic]] genus in the myrtle family [[Myrtaceae]], native to [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]], closely related to ''[[bottlebrush|Callistemon]]''. The genus had a number of species, but some have been reclassified as ''[[Lophostemon]]'' and ''[[Tristaniopsis]]''.
+The sole species in the genus is ''T. neriifolia''.
+It is a small [[tree]], with dense branching. The [[leaf|leaves]] are [[evergreen]], opposite, simple, lanceolate, from 5-9 cm long and 1 cm broad. The [[flower]]s are produced in dense clusters of 3-15 together; each flower is 1-1.5 cm diameter, with five small yellow petals and numerous conspicuous stamens.
+It is commonly known as the water gum.
+{{Inc|
+Tristania (in honor of Jules M. C. Tristan, 1776-1861, a French botanist). Myrtaceae, Tall trees or shrubs, evergreen, cultivated as greenhouse shrubs in Europe and hardy in California and Florida.
+Leaves alternate or somewhat whorled and approximate at the ends of the branches, rarely opposite: fls. usually rather small, yellow or white, in axillary, peduncled cymes; calyx-tube turbinate-campanulate, limb with 5 short segms.; petals 5; stamens numerous; ovary inferior or semi-superior.—About 23 species, Malaya. New Caledonia, and Austral. Prop. by half-ripened cuttings in sand under glass, or by seeds.
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==Cultivation==