Syzygium australe

Botanical Description

Syzygium australe is an evergreen shrub or small tree with flaky bark. It can reach heights of 20 metres or more in the wild, but is more likely to be in the range of 8 - 10 metres with a short, crooked bole, especially in cultivation[ 440 Title Brisbane Rainforest Action and Information Network, Publication Author Website http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Information on plants in the Queensland Rainforests. , 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. ]. The trunk is sometimes shortly buttressed and can be up to 60cm in diameter[ 1661 Title Flora of South-eastern Queensland (3 volumes) Publication Queensland Department of Primary Industries; Miscellaneous Publication 81020 Author Stanley T.D. & Ross E.M. Publisher Queensland Government; Queensland Year 1983 ISBN 0-7242-2127-1 Description ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for its wood and edible fruit, and is also often grown as an ornamental and as a hedge. It is sometimes grown in gardens for its edible fruit[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].