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Syzygium suborbiculare
Also called Lady Apple
Syzygium suborbiculare, the red bush apple or lady apple, is a shrub or small understorey tree from northern Australia and New Guinea, grown mainly for its edible fruit and as a shade or bee-forage plant in warm, humid climates.
Syzygium suborbiculare, the red bush apple or lady apple, is a shrub or small understorey tree native to northern Australia (the Northern Territory, Queensland, and northern Western Australia) and New Guinea.
It is found in open forests and woodland and on the flood plains and rocky sandstone hills of the Kimberley region of Western Australia where it grows in sandy soils.
The fruit is eaten raw by Aboriginal people. The tree is also used as firewood and as a nectar source for bees.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Syzygium suborbiculare 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.
