Syzygium
Lillipillies · also Brush cherries, Satinash, Roseapples
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Syzygium is a diverse genus of evergreen trees and shrubs known for attractive glossy foliage, and some species produce edible fruits like roseapples. These adaptable plants often thrive in urban and coastal environments, offering dense foliage and value to wildlife.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 7170.47%12 yr12 in
Traits
- Form
- Broadleaf
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 25–50 ft
- Canopy spread
- 10–30 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Soil
- Well-drained
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- High
- Tolerates
- coastal, salt
- Blooms
- Sep, Oct, Nov
Trunk diameters across every city: median 12 in, mean 13 in, 90th percentile 24 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- New Caledonia rain forests
- Borneo lowland rain forests
- Borneo montane rain forests
- Borneo peat swamp forests
- Southwest Borneo freshwater swamp forests
Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
- New Caledonia dry forests
Other Syzygium in the catalogue
7 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
