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Waterhousea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Waterhousea
F. Muell
Species

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Waterhousea is a genus of 4 species of small tree in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. They are endemic to Australia, along the eastern coast. The genus is a relatively new creation, being split off from Syzygium

The most common species, W. floribunda is a widely grown street tree and is known as the weeping lilly pilly.

Waterhousea species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Aenetus eximia.

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