CAT-00023
Brush cherry
Syzygium australe
Catalog fields
- Genus
- Syzygium
- Photo
- Not recorded
- Edible
- Yes
- layout
- single
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Published
- Yes
- Food group
- Fruit
- Latin name
- Syzygium australe
- Fruit photo
- Not recorded
- Plant title
- Brush cherry
- Source URLs
- https://tuckerbush.com.au/tucker-bush-cherry-syzygium-australe/; https://resources.austplants.com.au/plant/syzygium-australe/ Open source ↗ Open source 2 ↗
- Catalogue ID
- CAT-00023
- Mature width
- Not confirmed; allow spread appropriate to growth habit
- Native range
- Eastern Australian subtropical rainforest.
- Plant family
- Myrtaceae
- Supplier SKU
- Not recorded
- Listing group
- Nursery-listed / regional edible
- Mature height
- Up to about 10 m (species; cultivars may be smaller)
- 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
- After flowering; regional timing not yet confirmed.
- Background photo
- Not recorded
- Edible component
- Ripe fruit
- Flowering season
- Species-specific flowering period not yet confirmed from the reviewed sources.
- Brief description
- Evergreen lilly pilly tree with coppery new leaves; species is larger than dwarf cultivars.
- Drought tolerance
- Moderate once established; water for fruit production.
- Preparation notes
- Use correctly identified ripe lilly pilly fruit, commonly in preserves; remove seed.
- Flower description
- Cream-white, fluffy flowers in terminal or upper leaf-axil clusters.
- General cultivation
- General guidance (qualitative): Suitable with moisture and drainage; select cultivar size carefully.
- Botanical description
- Not recorded
- Other botanical names
- Not recorded
- Attracts birds and bugs
- Fruit-eating birds (figbirds, honeyeaters); native bees and flies pollinate.
- Flora of Australia profile
- Not recorded
- Fruit type and description
- Pink to red fleshy lilly pilly fruit; usually one seed.
- Flora of Australia citation
- Not recorded
- Flora of Australia retrieved
- Not recorded