Syzygium forte

(White apple, Flaky barked satinash)

Description

This medium sized tree with leathery opposite leaves, is cyclone resistant and salt tolerant, it occurs naturally along riverbanks and in rainforest although now extensively planted, but it doesn’t like heavy clay! The lamina of the elliptical leaves is up to 14 cm long and 8 cm wide, mid-rib thick and pale, obvious intramarginal vein present. Flowers in clusters, white, stamens numerous. Fruit fleshy, a dirty white, more or less globular about 6 x 6 cm. Fruits eaten by birds, flying foxes and turtles. Behaved well in cyclone Yasi.

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