Syzygium moorei
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| Syzygium moorei – Couchy Creek, NSW/Qld border | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Syzygium |
| Species: | S. moorei
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| Binomial name | |
| Syzygium moorei (
F.Muell.) L.A.S.Johnson | |
| Synonyms | |
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Eugenia moorei F.Muell | |
Syzygium moorei is a
Description
Syzgyium moorei is a canopy tree of sub tropical rainforest, reaching 40 metres in height, and a trunk of 60 centimetres wide. The bark is a grey/fawn/reddish colour. The tree is not buttressed at the base; some larger specimens are flanged at the base.
The leaves are unusual for a New South Wales myrtle, being large, thick and heavy, 8 to 20 cm long with a short blunt point at the tip.
Flowers and fruit
An unusual factor of this tree is cauliflory, where flower and fruit form on the main stems or woody trunks rather than from new growth and shoots. This is mostly a tropical feature, and unusual in rainforest trees so far south in New South Wales.
In November to February, pink or orange flowers form in dense
Location
A few mature specimens can still be seen in the farmland areas in their former range near streams at low altitude. This tree is in many botanic gardens in
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Pink flowers at New Year -
Close up of cauliflory -
Flowers & foliage
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Fruit photographed on Easter Sunday -
Trunk -
InRoyal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
References
- ISBN 978-0-958943-67-3. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ISBN 0-949324-32-9
- PlantNET – The Plant Information Network System of Botanic Gardens Trust, Sydney, Australia – 21 December 2008. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au