Family: Myrtaceae
Plant: A shrub up to 1.5m high and having smooth, slightly flaky bark.
Flowers: Axillary bunches of golden yellow, star-like flowers 2cm across with 5 petals and numerous stamens.
Flowering: December-January.
Fruit: Thin-walled, stalked, cylindrical capsule about 5mm diameter.
Leaves: Opposite with successive pairs borne at right angles to each other, lanceolate to elliptic 4-8cm long and up to 1.5cm wide, tough and dotted with oil glands.
Habitat: Fresh Water Habitats along creek beds and banks.
Features: Yellow flowers with many stamens. Opposite leaves with oil dots. Smooth, slightly flaky bark.
Name:
Tristania After the French botanist Jules de Tristan.
neriifolia From having leaves like a Nerium (Oleander).
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Type |
Shrub |
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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, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Brown |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Opposite |
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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 |
Aromatic, Oil dots/glands |
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Bark |
Smooth, Flaky/Corky |
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Habitat |
Fresh Water Habitats |
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