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Satinash

Syzygium monimioides

Satinash
Photo: Poyt448, Peter Woodard, CC BY-SA 4.0

Satinash is a rainforest understorey tree from tropical Queensland, Australia, known only from near Cooktown, where it can form a multi-stemmed plant with up to 30 trunks. It is grown mainly as a shade-tolerant tree in warm, humid conditions.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist, especially in dry spells, and do not let it sit waterlogged.
Soil
Rich, well-drained, humus-rich soil or a peaty potting mix.
Temperature
18–32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Syzygium monimioides is a rainforest tree of tropical Queensland, Australia. Known only from near Cooktown, it is a locally common understorey tree, which can have up to 30 trunks per mature plant.

Other Syzygium plants

Syzygium glaucum · Anise Myrtle · Syzygium antisepticum · Watery roseapple · Clove · Scrub cherry · Boxleaf Eugenia · Syzygium cerasiforme · Syzygium conglomeratum · Bumpy satinash · Java plum · Weeping Myrtle

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Syzygium monimioides 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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