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Plum satinash

Syzygium cryptophlebium

Plum satinash
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0

Plum satinash is a rainforest tree from eastern Queensland, Australia, growing up to 30 m tall and producing small purple berries. It is a native forest species rather than a common garden plant, and is not usually grown as a houseplant.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist in the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile, slightly acidic soil rich in organic matter.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Syzygium cryptophlebium is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae endemic to eastern Queensland, Australia. It is a rainforest tree, first described in 1875. It has a conservation status of least concern.

Where it grows

It occurs from about Lockhart River to the Mackay region, with the bulk of occurrences between Cooktown and Townsville. It inhabits rainforest at altitudes from sea level up to 1,550 m (5,090 ft).

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 cryptophlebium 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.

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