Syzygium xerampelinum B.Hyland

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Syzygium

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. The leaves are simple and 11 cm long by 8 cm wide. The fruit is 11-18 mm across. They occur singly or in bunches. They can occur in the axils of leaves or at the ends of branches. There is one (or occasionally 2) seed inside. The seed is 11 mm across and when cut is dark blue-purple. The flesh of the fruit is edible.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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A tropical plant. It occurs in the rainforest in north east Queensland in Australia. It grows from sea level to 540 m altitude. In the Cairns Botanical Gardens. In Townsville palmetum.
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Images

Syzygium xerampelinum unspecified picture

Distribution

Syzygium xerampelinum world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:903180-1
WFO ID wfo-0000319670
COL ID 54733
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Syzygium xerampelinum