Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Syzygium paniculatum
Magenta lilly pilly, Magenta cherry
Myrtaceae
Rainforest and along streams. Coast and ranges north of Milton. One record from west of Merimbula.
Shrub or tree to 15 m tall. Bark flaky, brown. Branchlets round to 4-angled, with no pockets or lumps at the nodes. Hairless. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, opposite each other, 4.5-10 cm long, 15-30 mm wide, tips pointed, surfaces hairless, shiny, dark-green above and paler beneath, oil glands small and scattered or obscure, not readily visible with the naked eye. Flowers white, with 4-5 petals each 4-5 mm long. Stamens 6-15 mm long. Flowers in clusters, sometimes in branched clusters. Flowers Spring to Autumn. Fruit fleshy, pink to magenta or reddish purple, round or oval to oval, 15-25 mm long.
Vulnerable Australia. Endangered NSW. Provisions of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 No 63 relating to the protection of protected plants generally also apply to plants that are a threatened species.
NSW Department of Environment & Heritage Threatened Species profile: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedSpeciesApp/profile.aspx?id=10794 (accessed 9 February, 2021)
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Syzygium~paniculatum (accessed 9 February, 2021)
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