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Syzygium micranthum

Syzygium micranthum is a tree in the myrtle family, endemic to Sri Lanka and found in lowland rain forest in the southwest. It is a wild forest species and is not commonly grown as an ornamental.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during growth and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich loam.
Temperature
20–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Sri Lanka
Climate
wet tropical

About

Syzygium micranthum is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is a tree endemic to Sri Lanka. It is native to southwestern Sri Lanka, where grows in lowland rain forest.

The species was described by George Henry Kendrick Thwaites in 1859.

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 micranthum 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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