Syzygium tierneyanum

Botanical Description

Syzygium tierneyanum is an evergreen tree with a dense, spreading crown; it usually grows 10 - 12 metres tall, though older trees up to 25 metres have been recorded. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 65cm in diameter, occasionally to 150cm, often with buttresses on larger trees. Especially when growing by rivers, however, the bole can often be short and twisted and battered by frequent flooding[ 658 Title Food Plants of Papua New Guinea Publication Author French. B.R. Publisher Author. Year 2006 ISBN Description Published on-line in PDF format, this book contains information on several hundred New Guinea food plants. , 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. , 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 tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of wood. It occasionally produces millable logs and the sawn timber is marketed in Australia as Bamaga Satinash[ 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. ]. A large spreading tree, it is planted along streams to stabilize the soil and is becoming popular as a shade tree in parkland[ 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. ].