Myrtaceae FAMILY

Syzygium buettnerianum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Syzygium buettnerianum is an evergreen tree that can grow from 20 - 50 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be up to 100cm in diameter, free of branches for more than half of its height, with buttresses up to 1.5 metres high[ 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. ]. This species is not utilized commercially in Australia but would probably provide a useful structural timber[ 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. ]. It is widely harvested in New Guinea, where it is a major timber species and is commonly exported[ 388 Title Guide to the Trees of Papua New Guinea Publication Author Conn. B.J. & Damas. K.Q. Website http://www.pngplants.org/PNGtrees/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An Internet site giving good descriptions of the trees of Papua New Guinea. ]. This bushy tropical tree deserves introduction to cultivation as an ornamental; the flowers are bright pink and are produced in large terminal clusters[ 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 RangeAustralasia - New Guinea to northern Australia, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

HabitatA canopy or emergent tree in drier, more seasonal rain forest and gallery forest at elevations up to 150 metres[ 388 Title Guide to the Trees of Papua New Guinea Publication Author Conn. B.J. & Damas. K.Q. Website http://www.pngplants.org/PNGtrees/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An Internet site giving good descriptions of the trees of Papua New Guinea. , 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. ]. Foothill and montane rain forest at elevations up to 2,500 metres[ 911 Title Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol. 54 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University; Massachusets Year 1973 ISBN 0004-2625 Description A botanical magazine, it includes a provisional key and enumeration of the genus Syzygium in New Guinea. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].