Syzygium forte
Myrtaceae FAMILY

Syzygium forte

Syzygium forte

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Syzygium forte is an evergreen, medium-sized tree with a spreading, domed crown. It can grow up to 30 metres tall in dense, moist rainforest, but can be only 5 - 10 metres tall in coastal forests[ 377 Title Trade Winds Fruit Publication Author Website http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/index.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The on-line catalogue of a company selling seeds. Gives descriptions, photos and uses of a very wide range of fruit and other food-producing plants plus ornamentals. , 694 Title Australian Rainforest Plants Volumes 1 - 6 Publication Author Nicholson N. & H. Publisher Terania Rainforest Publishing; New South Wales. Year 2007 ISBN 9-78095894-3628 Description Beautiful set of booklets with a terse description of over 600 species and their habitat, often including some of their uses and notes on their cultivation, plus at least one, excellent photograph. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of wood, It has large, attractive flowers and fruits giving it potential for use as an ornamental shade tree in parks and gardens[ 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeAustralia - Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia; north to New Guinea.
HabitatWell developed rain forest, but it is most characteristic of beach forest either on sand or on rocky headlands. Found at elevations from sea level to about 450 metres in Australia[ 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ].