Syzygium wesa B.Hyland

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Syzygium

Characteristics

A tree. It grows up to 15-35 m tall. It has a dense spreading crown. The leaves are simple, sword shaped and 4-10 cm long by 5 cm wide. They do not have hairs but have several small oil dots. They are glossy green on the upper surface and paler underneath. The flowers are cream. They occur in much branched dense clusters. The fruit are 1.2-1.5 cm across. They hang in bunches. They are mostly at the ends of branches. As they ripen they change from cream to pink to red. There is one seed inside. The seed is 6-7 mm across. The fruit is edible.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 15.0 - 35.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. They grow in the central east and northeast of Queensland in Australia. They grow from sea level to 1400 m altitude. They require shady positions.
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Well developed upland and mountain rain forest; at elevations from 50-1,400 metres.
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Usage

The fruit are eaten.
Uses timber wood
Edible fruits seeds
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Cultivation

Plants are grown from fresh seed.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Syzygium wesa world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:903179-1
WFO ID wfo-0000319651
COL ID 5472L
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Syzygium wesa