Tristania neriifolia

Plant Characteristics

Habit		tree
Height:	⇕	15 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 15.
Width:	⇔	7 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 7.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early summer, mid summer, late summer

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun
Features:	✓	flowers
USDA Zones:		10 to 11
Flower features:	❀	orange, yellow

Scientific Names

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Tristania is a monotypic genus in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, native to New South Wales, Australia, closely related to 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 leaves are evergreen, opposite, simple, lanceolate, from 5-9 cm long and 1 cm broad. The flowers 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.

Read about Tristania neriifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

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. CH 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.

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