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Syzygium paniculatum, photographed by an iNaturalist contributor
(c) John Tann, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY
#56 most planted

Syzygium paniculatum

Magenta lilly pilly · also Magenta cherry, Brush cherry

Broadleaf
43,711
trees mapped
0.43%
of all named trees
4
cities
7.5 in
median trunk (19 cm, 2,146 measured)

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Syzygium paniculatum, also known as magenta lilly pilly or magenta cherry, is a broad, dense, bushy rainforest tree. It produces white flowers and edible magenta fruit. Mature trees can reach heights of 15 to 35 meters.

Where it grows

Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.

  1. Bogotá · Colombia
    41,492—5.3 in
  2. Los Angeles · United States
    1,78035 yr7.5 in
  3. San Francisco · United States
    438—8.0 in
  4. Melbourne · Australia
    1—1.9 in

Traits

Form
Broadleaf
Mature height
49.2–114.8 ft

Trunk diameters across every city: median 7.5 in, mean 7.5 in, 90th percentile 15 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.

Other Syzygium in the catalogue

7 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.

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