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Syzygium alternifolium

Syzygium alternifolium
Photo: Govindoo, Public domain

Syzygium alternifolium is a tree in the myrtle family, native to the Eastern Ghats of southeast India, where it grows in dry and moist deciduous forest at 650 to 850 metres. It is a wild forest species with little horticultural history, so care guidance is limited.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the top of the soil to dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained loam or sandy loam.
Temperature
18 to 32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. India (E. Ghats)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Syzygium alternifolium is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is native to North Arcot, Cuddapah, Kurnool, and the Nagari hills, in eastern Chittoor district, India. It has alternate leaves. It grows in dry and moist deciduous tropical forests in Eastern Ghats from 650 to 850 metres elevation.

Other Syzygium plants

Syzygium ingens · Waterberries · Eugenia calcadensis · Eugenia camptophylla · Syzygium duthieanum · Eugenia gageana · Syzygium glaucum · Syzygium goodenovii · Syzygium kiahii · Eugenia klossii · Syzygium koordersianum · Eugenia laevicaulis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Syzygium alternifolium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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