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Syzygium hodgkinsoniae
“Smoothbark Rose Apple”

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TREE 10 TO 15 METRES TALLLarge green leaves, fragrant white flowers in Summer/Autumn followed by large red edible fruit to 4cm dia. In Spring.

Suitability
Category	Tall Trees: 10m & Over
Family	Myrtaceae
Aspect	Full Shade / Filtered Sun
Soil	Loam, Well-drained
Habitat	Sub-Tropical Rainforest
Features
Bird Attracting, Vulnerable Species
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)
Nectar & Pollen Food source for Birds Below
Bell Miner (Manorina melanophrys), Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis), Brown Honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta), Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris), Fuscous Honeyeater (Ptilotula fusca), Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii), Little Friarbird (Philemon citreogularis), Little Lorikeet (Parvipsitta pusilla), Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera), Musk lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna), New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae), Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus), Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala), Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus), Red-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus), Regent Honeyeater (Anthochaera phrygia), Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta), Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata), The Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops), Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
Attracts Insects as a Food source for Birds Below
Australasian Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae), Black-breasted Button-quail (Turnix melanogaster), Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae), Brown Gerygone (Gerygone mouki), Brown Quail (Synoicus ypsilophorus), Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla), Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus), Brush Cuckoo (Cacomantis variolosus), Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae), Common Cicadabird (Edolisoma tenuirostre), Common Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea), Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus), Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis), Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus), Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis), Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis), Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis youngi), Golden-headed Cisticola (Cisticola exilis), Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica), Grey-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus temporalis), Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo (Chalcites basalis), Jacky Winter (Microeca fascinans), Large-billed Scrubwren (Sericornis magnirostra), Leaden Flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula), Little Bronze-cuckoo (Chalcites minutillus), Little Grassbird (Poodytes gramineus), Little Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla megarhyncha), Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca), Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus), Painted Button-quail (Turnix varius), Pale-yellow Robin (Tregellasia capito), Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus), Paradise Riflebird (Ptiloris paradiseus), Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus), Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus), Red-browed Treecreeper (Climacteris erythrops), Red-capped Robin (Petroica goodenovii), Rose Robin (Petroica rosea), Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris), Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang), Shining Bronze-cuckoo (shining bronze-cuckoo), Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus), Speckled Warbler (Pyrrholaemus sagittatus), Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus), Spotted Quail-thrush (Cinclosoma punctatum), Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus), Striated Thornbill (Acanthiza lineata), Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus), Varied Sittella (Daphoenositta chrysoptera), Varied Triller (Lalage leucomela), Variegated Fairy-wren (Malurus lamberti), Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris), White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis), White-throated Gerygone (Gerygone olivacea), White-throated Treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaea), White-winged Triller (Lalage tricolor), Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys leucophrys), Yellow Thornbill (Acanthiza nana), Yellow-rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa), Yellow-throated Scrubwren (Sericornis citreogularis)