Syzygium oleosum
Syzygium oleosum
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
A plant of the warm temperate to tropical regions of Australia. It can tolerate some frost, but needs protection from long or hard freezes[1].. Prefers a position with full sun to partial shade. Grows best in a reasonably well-drained soil[2]. Succeeds in both fertile and poor soils[3]. Tolerant of drought, but grows best when there is no water shortage[2]. Plants tend to be quite fast growing if there is adequate moisture[3]. Flowering and fruiting do not happen every year, but in some years is prolific[3].
Propagation
Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe - the whole fruit can be sown if required[2]. Germination takes 4 - 9 weeks[3]. Cuttings of firm, current season's growth[2]. They usually root easily[3]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Syzygium+oleosum>
Pollinators
Bees, Insects
References
- [1]Trade Winds Fruit — http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/index.htm ↩︎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.
- [2]Australian Native Plants Society — http://anpsa.org.au/index.html ↩︎A series of fact sheets on Australian plants. Good photographs, brief description and information on uses, habitat, range, cultivation etc.
- [3]Australian Rainforest Plants Volumes 1 - 6 — Nicholson N. & H. · Terania Rainforest Publishing; New South Wales. · 2007 · ISBN 9-78095894-3628 ↩︎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.
- [4]Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants — http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html ↩︎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.
- [5]Flora of New South Wales — http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm ↩︎An on-line resource giving a brief botanical description of all the native plants of New South Wales, their habitat and range, together with diagrams and photographs of the plants.
- [6]Cornucopia II — Facciola. S. · Kampong Publications, California. · 1998 · ISBN 0-9628087-2-5 ↩︎The second edition of an excellent guide to the edible uses of plants, though it does not give any details of cultivation etc.