Family: Myrtaceae
Plant: A shrub or small tree up to 10m high with smooth bark.
Flowers: Axillary bunches of golden yellow, star-like flowers 1cm across with 5 petals and numerous stamens.
Flowering: December-February.
Fruit: Cylindrical domed capsule 6-8mm long exserted from floral tube.
Leaves: Alternate, oblanceolate 4-9cm long and 1-2.5cm wide tapering to a point. Dark green above and yellowish on the underside. The leaves have numerous oil glands.
Habitat: In rainforest margins and dry sclerophyll forest on sheltered valley slopes away from creeks and gullies
Features: Alternate leaves that are yellowish on the underside and have oil dots. Yellow flowers.
Name:
Tristaniopsis From Tristania-like, Tristania being a plant named after the French botanist Jules de Tristan.
collina From Latin collina = of or pertaining to hills (referring to its habitat).
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Type |
Shrub, Tree |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Yellow |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
1, 2, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Green, Brown |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Medium |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked, Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Oil dots/Glands, |
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Discolorous |
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Bark |
Smooth |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Dry sclerophyll forest |
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