Syzygium australe
“Scrub Cherry”
TREE 10 TO 20 METRES TALLFast growing, glossy dark green foliage & fluffy white flowers, edible mauve/red to purplish-blue fruit is good for making jam and wine, and attracts fruit eating birds. Excellent screen species. Good bonsai/ indoor specimen. Resists to salt spray.
| Suitability |
|---|
| Tall Trees: 10m & Over |
| Myrtaceae |
| Full Shade / Filtered Sun |
| Adaptable |
| Dry Sclerophyll Forest |
| Features |
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| Bird Attracting, Bush Food Plants, Creek Species, Edible Fruit Plants, Flying Fox Food Plants, Indoor Plants, Narrow Area & Fence Plantings, Rainforest Garden Plants, Screen Plants, Seaside Plantings, Shade Providing Trees, Windbreaks |
| Localities |
|---|
| Chapel Hill, Enoggera Catchment, Ipswich area, Kenmore, Kenmore Hills, Logan City, Mt Coot-tha, Pine Rivers, Pinjarra Hills, Pullenvale, Sunshine Coast district, The Gap, Upper Brisbane Valley - Water courses, Upper Brookfield |
