Common name: Weeping Lilly Pilly, Weeping Myrtle
Waterhousea floribunda (F.Muell.) B.Hyland APNI* Synonyms: Syzygium floribundum F.Muell. APNI*
Description: Small to large tree; bark dark grey, ± fissured, somewhat flaky.
Leaves lanceolate to narrow-elliptic, 5.5–16 cm long, 1.5–5 cm wide, apex acuminate, base cuneate, margins undulate, glabrous, upper surface dark green and glossy, lower surface dull and paler; lateral and intramarginal veins distinct; oil glands numerous, fine; petiole 2–7 mm long.
Panicles many-flowered; pedicels to 3 mm long. Sepals inconspicuous. Petals cohering, shed together, 1.5–2 mm long, white. Stamens 3–7 mm long.
Fruit ± globose, 15–20 mm diam., green but developing a reddish tinge at maturity, crowned by persistent hypanthium 1–2 mm long.
Flowering: August–October
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread in riverine rainforest, often lining stream banks; north from the Hunter Valley.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by Peter G. Wilson
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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