Syzygium luehmannii (Small Leaved Lilly Pilly)

Syzygium luehmannii new growth

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Syzygium luehmannii fruit

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Syzygium luehmannii in Royal Botanic Gardens ( Sydney )

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PLANT FACTS

distribution map showing range of Syzygium luehmannii in Australia

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Common Name
Small Leaved Lilly Pilly

Other Names
Riberry, Cherry Satinash, Cherry Alder, Watergum, Small Leaved Watergum

Description
The Small Leaved Lilly Pilly is a rainforest tree with dense crown growing to 30 m tall. It usually grows to about 8 m or 10 m in cultivation Large trees develop buttresses at the base of trunk. The shiny leaves are small with a pointed tip and grow 4 cm to 5 cm long and 1 cm to 2.5 cm wide. New growth is pink. The plant flowers in late spring or early summer from November to December. The flowers are white or cream and produced in branched clusters. The berries are red in colour and about 13 mm long.

Habitat
rainforest

Distribution
The Small Leaved Lilly Pilly is found in north east Queensland, south east Queensland, eastern New South Wales.

Growth Characteristics
Height: 5m - 10m
Spread: 4m - 8m

Classification

Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Syzygium
Species:	luehmannii
Common Name:	Small Leaved Lilly Pilly

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