Water Gum
কানোকা
Tristaniopsis laurina (Sm.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 9.5 m
- wide
- 6.1 m
Myrtaceae
Also called Kanooka, Water-gum
Formerly Melaleuca laurina, Tristania bakeriana, Tristania laurina
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Queensland to VictoriaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from Franz Witte Plant Library, one source
- Height
- 8.4 m to 11 mRead from Wikipedia and Franz Witte Plant Library, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: Wikipedia 15–30 ft; Franz Witte Plant Library 40–40 ft
- Spread
- 6.1 mRead from Franz Witte Plant Library, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from Franz Witte Plant Library, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from Wikipedia and Franz Witte Plant Library, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Coldest it survives
- -12.2 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from Franz Witte Plant Library, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (3)
- Russian
- Тристаниопсис лавровидный
- Chinese (China)
- 月桂水桉
- Bangla
- কানোকা
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Franz Witte Plant Library, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- 3D model: Tristaniopsis laurina (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.