| Brush Cherry
Syzygium australe |
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| Family: MYRTACEAE | Distribution: Queensland to Batemans Bay |
| Synonyms: Syzygium paniculatum misapplied | |
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Description: Shrub or small tree to 6m. Leaves green, opposite, elliptic to obovate, 3-10 cm long, 1-3 cm wide. Flowers white, occurring spring to autumn. Fruit reddish-pink to red ,obovoid, fleshy, 15-25 mm long, c. 15 mm diam. with a single seed (solitary embryo). Usually growing on hind dunes, along coastal streams, in and around littoral rainforest.
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Propagation: Propagate with freshly collected
seed. Remove seed from fruit and plant immediately in clean seedling mix of 2/3 washed river sand and 1/3 peat moss or organic matter. Prick out seedlings into tubes at
cotyledon stage if possible. Seed will store if kept cool and dry and protected from insect and vermin attack, but germination drops off over time. Plants can be grown from
cuttings.
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Regeneration use: Climax species, usually used in assisted rehabilitation projects, i.e. ecosystem has remnant value and is not fully degraded. Can be used as pioneer species.
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CPR Coastal Plant Regeneration |
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