Metrosideros stipularis

{{Short description|Species of shrub}}

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|name = Tepú

|image = Tepualia stipularis.jpg

|image_caption = Tepú in flower

|genus = Metrosideros

|species = stipularis

|authority = (Hook. & Arn.) Hook.f.

|synonyms =

• Myrtus stipularis {{small|Hook. & Arn.}}
• Nania stipularis {{small|(Hook. & Arn.) Kuntze}}
• Tepualia patagonica {{small|Phil.}}
• Tepualia philippiana {{small|Griseb.}}
• Tepualia philippii {{small|Griseb. ex Phil.}}
• Tepualia stipularis {{au|(Hook. & Arn.) Griseb.}}
• Tepualia stipularis var. patagonica {{small|(Phil.) Reiche}}
• Tepualia stipularis var. philippiana {{small|(Griseb.) Speg.}}

|synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Metrosideros stipularis (Hook. & Arn.) Hook.f. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:598328-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=23 April 2025}}

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Metrosideros stipularis is a species of the myrtle family commonly known as tepú, trepú, or tepual. It is an evergreen tree or shrub that can attain a height of about seven metres. The plant is native to southern South America in the southern portions of Chile and Argentina and is a typical resident of very wet areas, especially peat bogs. Tepú has white flowers that emerge during the austral summer from January through March. The tree's wood is used within its range as a firewood due to it high energy content.{{Cite book |last=Hoffmann |first=A. |title=Flora silvestre de Chile zona araucana |date=1982 |publisher=Ediciones Fundación Claudio Gay |edition=4th |location=Santiago, Chile |page=258 |language=es}}

This species has often been placed in its own genus Tepualia, but recent works include it in Metrosideros.{{cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/|title=WCSP |work= World Checklist of Selected Plant Families}}