Syzygium smithii, Narrow Leaf Lilly Pilly

Syzygium smithii
“Narrow Leaf Lilly Pilly”

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TREE 8 TO 20 METRES TALLReliable, hardy bushy tree, dark green foliage to 7 cm long , white flowers in Summer & edible pinkish mauve fruit ripe in May to July makes tasty jam. Host to Common Red & Eastern flat butterflies.

Suitability
Category	Tall Trees: 10m & Over
Family	Myrtaceae
Aspect	Full Sun / Filtered Sun
Soil	Adaptable
Habitat	Dry Rainforest
Features
Bird Attracting, Bush Food Plants, Butterfly Plants, Clay Tolerant Species, Creek Species, Edible Fruit Plants, Fire Resistant Plants, Fire Retardant plants, Flying Fox Food Plants, Frost Tolerant Plants, Possum Plants, Possums Food Food, Rainforest Garden Plants, Seaside Plantings, Shade Providing Trees
Localities
Auchenflower, Cubberla Creek, Enoggera Catchment, Indooroopilly, Ipswich area, Ironside, Logan City, Milton, Normanby, Pine Rivers, Rosalie, South Stradbroke Island, Sunshine Coast district, Toowong
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)