Syzygium suborbiculare

Syzygium suborbiculare

Taxobox
name = "Syzygium suborbiculare"


regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Myrtales
familia = Myrtaceae
genus = "Syzygium"
species = "S. suborbiculare"
binomial = "Syzygium suborbiculare"
binomial_authority =

Red Bush Apple, "Syzygium suborbiculare", is a small understorey tree native to open forests and woodland of northern Australia and Papua New Guinea.

Leaves are smooth, thick, leathery, broad oval 7.2-19 cm long. Flowers are white with numerous stamens. The edible fruit is flattened-globular, fleshy, prominently ribbed, 3-7 cm long, with a large seed. [Brock, J., "Top End Native Plants", 1988. ISBN 0-7316-0859-3]

Uses

The fruit is eaten raw by Aboriginal people. The tree is also used medicinally, as firewood and as a nectar source for bees.

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