Backhousia

Plant Characteristics
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Origin:	✈	Australia

Scientific Names
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Backhousia is a small genus of five species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae, native to the rainforests of eastern Australia. They are aromatic shrubs or trees growing to 5-25 m tall, with evergreen leaves 3-12 cm long and 1-6 cm broad, arranged opposite on the shoots.

Read about Backhousia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Backhousia (James Backhouse, botanical traveler). Myrtaceae. Evergreen greenhouse plants, blooming in spring. Shrubs or trees, with opposite lvs. and blossoms in cymes or umbels: calyx-tube turbinate, or broadly campanulate, adhering to base of ovary, with 4 persistent segms.; petals 4, short; stamens many; ovary 2- celled, bearing a filiform style: fr. a caps., more or less inclosed in calyx, indehiscent or separating into 2 parts. —Five species in Austral. Requires the general treatment of myrtaceous coolhouse plants. Prop. by hardening cuttings under glass. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

Cuttings or fresh seed.

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Species include:

Backhousia bandcroftii (Johnstone River Hardwood)
Backhousia citriodora (Lemon scented Myrtle, Sweet Verbena Tree, Sweet Verbena Myrtle, Lemon scented Verbena, Lemon scented Backhousia)
Backhousia hughesii (Stony Backhousia, Stonewood, Lime Wood, Grey Teak)
Backhousia myrtifolia (Carrol, Carrol Ironwood, Neverbreak, Grey Myrtle, Iron Myrtle, Cinnamon Myrtle)
Backhousia sciadophora (Shatterwood, Ironwood, Boomerang Tree)
Backhousia angustifolia (Curry Myrtle)

Formerly included in Backhousia genus, B. anisata is now Anetholea anisata.

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