CAT-00024
Magenta lilly pilly
Syzygium paniculatum
Catalog fields
- Genus
- Syzygium
- Photo
- Not recorded
- Edible
- Yes
- layout
- single
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Published
- Yes
- Food group
- Fruit
- Latin name
- Syzygium paniculatum
- Fruit photo
- Not recorded
- Plant title
- Magenta lilly pilly
- Source URLs
- https://www.daleysfruit.com.au/bushfoodintro.htm; https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?lvl=sp&name=Syzygium~paniculatum&page=nswfl; https://resources.austplants.com.au/plant/syzygium-paniculatum/ Open source ↗ Open source 2 ↗ Open source 3 ↗
- Catalogue ID
- CAT-00024
- Mature width
- 5 m or more for unpruned species
- Native range
- Scattered NSW coastal rainforest between Taree and Lake Conjola.
- Plant family
- Myrtaceae
- Supplier SKU
- Not recorded
- Listing group
- Nursery-listed / regional edible
- Mature height
- Can exceed 10 m in cultivation; 15-20 m wild
- Native states
- NSW
- Original list
- No
- Research date
- 10/10/2026
- Research notes
- Source is a nursery catalogue overview; detailed species verification remains. 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 listing; species detail review pending
- Fruiting season
- After flowering; regional ripening period not yet confirmed.
- Background photo
- Not recorded
- Edible component
- Ripe fruit
- Flowering season
- December-March in NSW flora.
- Brief description
- Glossy evergreen shrub or small rainforest tree.
- Drought tolerance
- Moderate once established; avoid prolonged root-zone drying.
- Preparation notes
- Use ripe magenta fruit fresh or cooked into preserves; remove seed.
- Flower description
- Cream-white flowers with numerous prominent stamens, in clusters.
- General cultivation
- General guidance (qualitative): Promising in a sheltered site with summer water; nursery cultivars vary in size.
- Botanical description
- Not recorded
- Other botanical names
- Not recorded
- Attracts birds and bugs
- Fruit-eating birds; native bees and insects pollinate.
- Flora of Australia profile
- Not recorded
- Fruit type and description
- Magenta fleshy fruit about 15-25 mm across.
- Flora of Australia citation
- Not recorded
- Flora of Australia retrieved
- Not recorded