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Syzygium australe (J.C.Wendl. ex Link) B.Hyland
Family Myrtaceae
Common name: brush cherry

Syzygium australe (J.C.Wendl. ex Link) B.Hyland APNI*

Description: Shrub or small tree with flaky bark; young leafy twigs 4-angled to shortly 4-winged, wings joining above each node to produce a small pocket.

Leaves elliptic to obovate, 3–10 cm long, 1–3 cm wide, apex short-acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous and glossy, lower surface paler; lateral and intramarginal veins generally visible; oil glands scattered, often faint; petiole 3–10 mm long.

Inflorescences mostly botryoids, terminal and in the upper axils. Petals 4–6 mm long, free and spreading, white. Stamens 15–20 mm long.

Fruit ± obovoid, 15–25 mm long, c. 15 mm diam., reddish pink to red; seed usually solitary, embryo solitary with smooth cotyledons.


Illustration
D.Mackay

Flower
Photo J. Plaza

Fruit
Photo T.M. Tame

Flowering: mostly spring.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in all types of warmer rainforest, often along streams, coastal districts north from Batemans Bay.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT
Other Australian states: Qld
AVH map***

Species previously wrongly known as S. paniculatum.

Text by Peter G. Wilson
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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