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Syzygium australe
Also called Creek lilly pilly, Creek satinash, Brush Cherry, Australian Brush Cherry, Australian Water Pear, Creek Satin Ash, Creek Cherry
Scrub cherry is a rainforest tree from eastern Australia, usually grown in gardens as a small tree or shrub, often clipped as a hedge. It is grown for its glossy foliage and edible pink fruit and does best with regular moisture and some shelter.
Syzygium australe, with many common names that include brush cherry, scrub cherry, creek lilly-pilly, creek satinash, and watergum, is a rainforest tree native to eastern Australia. It can attain a height of up to 35 m with a trunk diameter of 60 cm. In cultivation, this species is usually a small to medium-sized tree with a maximum height of only 18m.
Brush cherry is commonly cultivated in gardens in Eastern Australia, mostly as shorter, shrub-like cultivars such as "Aussie Boomer", "Aussie Compact", "Birdsville", "Bush Christmas", "Minipilly" and "Tiny Trev". These are especially popular as hedges.
The pleasantly sour fruit are also eaten fresh or cooked. The fruit can be used to make jams and jellies.
The species occurs in coastal regions in Queensland and New South Wales, northwards from Batemans Bay.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Syzygium australe 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.
