Monday, 6 January 2014

Syzygium campanulatum


Syzygium campanulatum
Synonym
Syzygium myrtifolium Walp.
Eugenia oleina Wight
Common name
Red Lip, Kelat Oil
Origin
Tropical Asia
Ecology
Plant Height: 6
Plant Spread: 2
Soil Moisture: dry between watering to constantly moist
Sunlight: hot overhead sun to warm low sun
Flower Colour: white or red
Plant Seasonality: Evergreen
Description
Growth Form: Small to medium-sized tree or big shrub, with oval to cylindrical dense crown, usually up to around 3 - 5m tall under cultivation, wild specimens may reach 20m height.
Foliage: Elliptical, smooth and glossy, 3 - 8cm long, fragrant when crushed. The leaf aroma is a similar to cinnamon. Young leaves bright reddish-orange, aging to pink, pale green and finally dark green of mature leaves.
Flowers: White with filamentous stamens, very slightly scented, occuring in powderpuff panicle inflorescences clustered at branch tips, seaonally produced.
Fruits: Bunches of small berries (5 - 7mm across), with thin fleshy pulp covering single large seed, ripen from green to dark red.
Bark: Greyish to light reddish-brown, slightly flaky.
Uses
Desirable Plant Features
Ornamental Foliage, Ornamental Fruits, Fragrant
Landscape Uses
General, Roadside Tree, Coastal, Hedge/Screening, Topiary, Riverine, Container Planting, Bonsai
Thematic Landscape

Formal Garden, Naturalistic Garden



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