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Syzygium crebrinerve
“Purple Cherry”

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TREE TO 40 METRES TALLButtressed trunk, scaly bark, glossy green foliage, fluffy white flowers in Nov/Dec. Edible purple berries in Jan/March attract birds.

Suitability
Category	Tall Trees: 10m & Over
Family	Myrtaceae
Aspect	Full Sun
Soil	Adaptable
Habitat	Sub-Tropical Rainforest
Features
Bird Attracting
Host Plant For These Butterflies
Bronze Flat (Netrocoryne repanda), Common Red-eye (Chaetocneme beata)
Fruit & Berry Food source for Birds Below
Australian King-parrot (Alisterus scapularis), Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis), Brown Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia phasianella), Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae), Common Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea), Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans), Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii), Little Lorikeet (Parvipsitta pusilla), Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus), Pacific Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps longirostris), Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina), Red-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus), Rose-crowned Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus regina), Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis), Superb Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus superbus), Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor), Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus), White-headed Pigeon (Columba leucomela), Wompoo Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus magnificus), Wonga Pigeon (Leucosarcia melanoleuca)