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| name = ''Backhousia''
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|genus=Backhousia
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|origin=Australia
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|origin_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
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'''''Backhousia''''' is a small genus of five species of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Myrtaceae]], native to the [[rainforest]]s of eastern [[Australia]]. They are aromatic [[shrub]]s or [[tree]]s growing to 5-25 m tall, with [[evergreen]] [[leaf|leaves]] 3-12 cm long and 1-6 cm broad, arranged opposite on the shoots.
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Backhousia (James Backhouse, botanical traveler). Myrtaceae. Evergreen greenhouse plants, blooming in spring.
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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.
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===Propagation===
 
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Cuttings or fresh seed.
    
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==Species==
 
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Species include:
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*''[[Backhousia bandcroftii]]'' (Johnstone River Hardwood)
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*''[[Backhousia citriodora]]'' (Lemon scented Myrtle, Sweet Verbena Tree, Sweet Verbena Myrtle, Lemon scented Verbena, Lemon scented Backhousia)
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*''[[Backhousia hughesii]]'' (Stony Backhousia, Stonewood, Lime Wood, Grey Teak)
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*''[[Backhousia myrtifolia]]'' (Carrol, Carrol Ironwood, Neverbreak, Grey Myrtle, Iron Myrtle, [[Cinnamon Myrtle]])
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*''[[Backhousia sciadophora]]'' (Shatterwood, Ironwood, Boomerang Tree)
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*''[[Backhousia angustifolia]]'' (Curry Myrtle)
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Formerly included in ''Backhousia'' genus, ''B. anisata'' is now ''Anetholea anisata''.
    
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