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Syzygium argyropedicum

Syzygium argyropedicum
Photo: Unknown, CC BY 4.0

Syzygium argyropedicum is a tall rainforest tree in the myrtle family, endemic to the east coast of Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland, Australia. It is a wild species rarely grown outside its native range, so care guidance is general and based on related tropical Syzygium trees.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the root zone evenly moist during the growing season and reduce watering in cooler months.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich loam or a peaty potting mix.
Temperature
18–32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
N. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Syzygium argyropedicum is a species of tree in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia.

Where it grows

It is restricted to the east coast of Cape York Peninsula, ranging from Bolt Head in Temple Bay, about 12.2° S, to the Howick River in Cape Melville National Park, about 14.7° S.

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 argyropedicum 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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