CAT-00022
Blue lilly pilly
Syzygium oleosum
Catalog fields
- Genus
- Syzygium
- Photo
- Not recorded
- Edible
- Yes
- layout
- single
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Published
- Yes
- Food group
- Fruit
- Latin name
- Syzygium oleosum
- Fruit photo
- Not recorded
- Plant title
- Blue lilly pilly
- Source URLs
- https://tuckerbush.com.au/blue-lilly-pilly-syzygium-oleosum/ Open source ↗
- Catalogue ID
- CAT-00022
- Mature width
- 3-4m
- Native range
- Eastern Queensland and NSW rainforests.
- Plant family
- Myrtaceae
- Supplier SKU
- Not recorded
- Listing group
- Nursery-listed / regional edible
- Mature height
- 4-7m
- Native states
- NSW, QLD
- Original list
- No
- Research date
- 10/10/2026
- Research notes
- Profile enriched from botanical/nursery sources. Dimensions are unpruned regional estimates where available; missing measurements remain explicit. Seasons are regional guides and vary with climate, location, cultivar and plant maturity. Drought and cultivation guidance are qualitative garden inferences, not measured ratings.
- Evidence status
- Nursery food-use source; preparation detail review pending
- Fruiting season
- Summer crops reported; timing can vary.
- Background photo
- Not recorded
- Edible component
- Ripe fruit
- Flowering season
- Late spring through winter reported by nursery.
- Brief description
- Glossy-leaved lilly pilly with aromatic fruit.
- Drought tolerance
- Moderate; deep watering needed through prolonged dry spells.
- Preparation notes
- Use ripe blue-purple fruit fresh or in preserves; remove hard seeds.
- Flower description
- White to cream flower clusters with fluffy stamens.
- General cultivation
- General guidance (qualitative): Promising with mulch, drainage and summer water.
- Botanical description
- Not recorded
- Other botanical names
- Not recorded
- Attracts birds and bugs
- Fruit-eating birds (honeyeaters, whistlers); native bees and insects pollinate.
- Flora of Australia profile
- Not recorded
- Fruit type and description
- Blue-purple fleshy fruit to about 25 mm; aromatic edible pulp.
- Flora of Australia citation
- Not recorded
- Flora of Australia retrieved
- Not recorded