Syzygium wilsonii (Powderpuff Lilly Pilly)

Syzygium wilsonii. This photo is from Gardenology.org.

Photograph by Raffi Kojian. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

PLANT FACTS

distribution map showing range of Syzygium wilsonii in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License

Common Name
Powderpuff Lilly Pilly

Other Names
Watergum, Plum Satinash, Wilson's Satinash

Description
The Powderpuff Lilly Pilly is a shrub growing to 3 m tall (sometimes up to 5 m). The leaves are shiny dark green above, paler below and grow 9 cm to 18 cm long and 3 cm to 5 cm wide. New growth is bronze in colour. The plant flowers in spring and summer. The flowers are red and produced in large pom-pom flower heads about 10 cm in diameter. The berries are white in colour and 10 mm to 15 mm in diameter.

Habitat
rainforest

Distribution
Powderpuff Lilly Pilly is found in coastal area of tropical north east Queensland from about Ingham to Cooktown.

Growth Characteristics
Height: 2m
Spread: 2m

Classification

Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Syzygium
Species:	wilsonii
Common Name:	Powderpuff Lilly Pilly

Relatives in same Genus
  Syzygium australe
  Syzygium francisii
  Syzygium luehmannii
  Syzygium oleosum
  Syzygium paniculatum
  Syzygium smithii