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Syzygium cormiflorum
Also called Cairns Satinash, White Apple, Wild Apple
Bumpy satinash is a tall rainforest tree from northeastern Queensland that can reach about 30 m, with flowers borne on the trunk or branches. It is rarely grown in gardens and needs warm, humid, wet-tropical to subtropical conditions.
Syzygium cormiflorum, commonly known as the bumpy satinash, is a species of Syzygium tree endemic to Queensland in northeastern Australia.
Syzygium cormiflorum is rarely grown in gardens. Generally propagated from seed, it can take 8 to 12 years to flower. It can be grown in subtropical climates.
About 40 of these trees have been planted throughout the city of Cairns in Queensland.
The range is from Townsville to the Iron Range from sea level to altitudes of 1,200 m (3,900 ft), with cauliflorous forms more common at higher elevations and ramiflorous at lower elevations. It is found in rainforest.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Syzygium cormiflorum 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.
