Syzygium wilsonii
Syzygium wilsonii
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
Plants can tolerate light frosts[1]. Succeeds as a slender, crooked shrub in the fairly dense shade of the rain forest understorey[1]. When grown in a more open, but still somewhat shaded position in the garden, and pruned to keep it no more than 2 metres tall, the plant becomes dense and spreading and flowers heavily[1]. Requires a moist soil in a position sheltered from strong winds[1]. A slow-growing plant[1]. The plant usually commences flowering and fruiting as a shrub 1 - 3 metres tall[2].
Propagation
Seed - sown fresh it germinates within a few weeks[1]. Cuttings are somewhat slow to root, but produce early-flowering plants[1]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Syzygium+wilsonii>
Pollinators
Bees, Insects
References
- [1]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.
- [2]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.
- [3]Tropix 7 — CIRAD · http://tropix.cirad.fr/en ↩︎An on-line guide to the timbers of 245 species of trees.
- [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎