Bush Cherries

Singapore, Central Singapore, Singapore

Singapore, Central Singapore, Singapore

Marina South, Central Singapore, Singapore

Singapore, Central Singapore, Singapore

Singapore, North East, Singapore

Plum Satin Ash or Powderpuff Lilly-Pilly (Syzygium wilsonii subsp. wilsonii) flower from plant cultivated in a private garden in Townsville, Queensland. Photographed on 20 December 1973.Digitised from a slide. The original slide, which is of higher quality, is held.

Bukit Jelutong, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.Sapling of Syzygium polyanthum (Wight) Walp. Mrytaceae. CN: [Malay - Serai kayu, Daun kelat, Kelat samak, Kelat putih, Kelat merah, Samak, Serah, Daun salam, Daun salam manting, Mantang, Ubah laut, Pokok palong, Jambu hutan], Indian bayleaf (generally referred with the same common name but the species in India is, Cinnamomum tejpata), Indonesian bayleaf, Salam blad. Native of Indo-China (Myanmar, Thailand), Malesia (Brunei, Indonesia - Java, Kalimantan, Sumatra; Malaysia). Plant can reach up to 30 m. Elsewhere the plant is cultivated. The flowers are pink and somewhat fragrant while the fruits are round; red at first, later brown. The seeds are small and brown. The dried brown leaves are aromatic and somewhat sour; used as a spice in most areas where the plant are native. The main phytochemicals in this plant are - eugenol, citral and methylchavicol. In folk medicine the bark and other plant parts in combination is used to prepare decoction and poultices to relieve diarrhea and pruritis respectively. S. polyanthum is making its appearance in urban landscaping and the saplings can be found growing wild as in this image dispersed by birds and other frugivores. Synonym(s):Eugenia atropunctata C.B.Rob. [Illegitimate] Eugenia holmanii Elmer Eugenia junghuhniana Miq.Eugenia lambii Elmer Eugenia lucidula Miq. Eugenia microbotrya Miq. Eugenia nitida Duthie [Illegitimate] Eugenia pamatensis Miq. Eugenia polyantha Wight Eugenia polyantha var. sessilis M.R.Hend. Eugenia resinosa Gagnep. Myrtus cymosa Blume [Illegitimate]Syzygium cymosum Korth. [Illegitimate]Syzygium micranthum Blume ex Miq. Syzygium microbotryum (Miq.) Masam. Syzygium pamatense (Miq.) Masam. Syzygium polyanthum (Wight) Masam. Syzygium polyanthum var. sessile (M.R.Hend.) I.M.Turner Ref and suggested reading:www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-200120www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?312991www.tropilab.com/salam.htmlwww.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Euge_pol.html

Bukit Jelutong, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.Sapling of Syzygium polyanthum (Wight) Walp. Mrytaceae. CN: (Malay - Serai kayu, Daun kelat, Kelat samak, Kelat putih, Kelat merah, Samak, Serah, Daun salam, Daun salam manting, Mantang, Ubah laut, Pokok palong, Jambu hutan), Indian bayleaf (generally referred with the same common name but the species in India is Cinnamomum tejpata), Indonesian bayleaf, Salam blad. Native of Indo-China (Myanmar, Thailand), Malesia (Brunei, Indonesia - Java, Kalimantan, Sumatra; Malaysia). Plant can reach up to 30 m. Elsewhere the plant is cultivated. The flowers are pink and somewhat fragrant while the fruits are round; red at first, later brown. The seeds are small and brown. The dried brown leaves are aromatic and somewhat sour; used as a spice in most areas where the plant are native. The main phytochemicals in this plant are - eugenol, citral and methylchavicol. In folk medicine the bark and other plant parts in combination is used to prepare decoction and poultices to relieve diarrhea and pruritis respectively. S. polyanthum is making its appearance in urban landscaping and the saplings can be found growing wild as in this image dispersed by birds and other frugivores. Synonym(s):Eugenia atropunctata C.B.Rob. [Illegitimate] Eugenia holmanii Elmer Eugenia junghuhniana Miq.Eugenia lambii Elmer Eugenia lucidula Miq. Eugenia microbotrya Miq. Eugenia nitida Duthie [Illegitimate] Eugenia pamatensis Miq. Eugenia polyantha Wight Eugenia polyantha var. sessilis M.R.Hend. Eugenia resinosa Gagnep. Myrtus cymosa Blume [Illegitimate]Syzygium cymosum Korth. [Illegitimate]Syzygium micranthum Blume ex Miq. Syzygium microbotryum (Miq.) Masam. Syzygium pamatense (Miq.) Masam. Syzygium polyanthum (Wight) Masam. Syzygium polyanthum var. sessile (M.R.Hend.) I.M.Turner Ref and suggested reading:www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-200120www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?312991www.tropilab.com/salam.htmlwww.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Euge_pol.html

uBhejane Picnic Site, Western Shores, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

Western Shores, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

uBhejane Picnic Site, Western Shores, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

Grass Loop, Eastern Shores, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

Praia do Xai-Xai, Gaza Province, Mozambique

New leaves of Small-leaved Lilly Pilly (Syzygium luehmannii) cultivated near Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Photographed on 11 November 2006.

Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. Terminal inflorescence. Syzygium campanulatum Korth. Mrytaceae. CN: [Malay - Kelat paya], Red lip, Australian brush-cherry, Kelat oil. Native to tropical Asia and found growing wild in mangrove forests. The dense leaves and colorful pinkish-red shades from young shoots and pyramid-shaped canopy makes it a choice plant for narrow avenue planting; also planted along waterways, parks and home gardens. Plant is commonly grown as a hedge and provide extensive landscape when sculptured into nice topiaries. It is a small tree but rarely grown to be one. It can adapt to hard pruning and with each pruning, new shoots are colored - yellow, orange or maroon - depending on the subspecies. If left to become a tree it will flowers. The flowers appear in cluster and like powderpuff. The red-leaved Syzygium spp. has red flower clusters while the yellow species has whitish powderpuff flowers. The berry-like fruits are eatable and cherished by birds.Synonym(s): Eugenia oleina WightSyzygium myrtifolium Walp.Eugenia myrtifolia Roxb.Eugenia papillose DuthieRef and suggested reading:malaysianaturalheritage.com/index.php?option=com_content&...floraofsingapore.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/syzygium-myrtif...

Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. Syzygium campanulatum Korth. Mrytaceae. CN: [Malay - Kelat paya], Red lip Australian brush-cherry, Kelat oil. Native to tropical Asia and found growing wild in mangrove forests. The dense leaves and colorful pinkish-red shades from young shoots and pyramid-shaped canopy makes it a choice plant for narrow avenue planting; also planted along waterways, parks and home gardens. Plant is commonly grown as a hedge and provide extensive landscape when sculptured into nice topiaries. It is a small tree but rarely grown to be one. It can adapt to hard pruning and with each pruning, new shoots are colored - yellow, orange or maroon - depending on the subspecies. If left to become a tree it will flowers. The flowers appear in cluster and like powderpuff. The red-leaved Syzygium spp. has red flower clusters while the yellow species has whitish powderpuff flowers. The berry-like fruits are eatable and cherished by birds.Synonym(s): Eugenia oleina WightSyzygium myrtifolium Walp.Eugenia myrtifolia Roxb.Eugenia papillose DuthieRef and suggested reading:malaysianaturalheritage.com/index.php?option=com_content&...floraofsingapore.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/syzygium-myrtif...

Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. Close-up of stem. Syzygium campanulatum Korth. Mrytaceae. CN: [Malay - Kelat paya], Red lip, Australian brush-cherry, Kelat oil. Native to tropical Asia and found growing wild in mangrove forests. The dense leaves and colorful pinkish-red shades from young shoots and pyramid-shaped canopy makes it a choice plant for narrow avenue planting; also planted along waterways, parks and home gardens. Plant is commonly grown as a hedge and provide extensive landscape when sculptured into nice topiaries. It is a small tree but rarely grown to be one. It can adapt to hard pruning and with each pruning, new shoots are colored - yellow, orange or maroon - depending on the subspecies. If left to become a tree it will flowers. The flowers appear in cluster and like powderpuff. The red-leaved Syzygium spp. has red flower clusters while the yellow species has whitish powderpuff flowers. The berry-like fruits are eatable and cherished by birds.Synonym(s): Eugenia oleina WightSyzygium myrtifolium Walp.Eugenia myrtifolia Roxb.Eugenia papillose DuthieRef and suggested reading:malaysianaturalheritage.com/index.php?option=com_content&...floraofsingapore.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/syzygium-myrtif...

Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. Close-up new leaf flushes of Syzygium campanulatum Korth. Mrytaceae. CN: [Malay - Kelat paya], Red lip Australian brush-cherry, Kelat oil. Native to tropical Asia and found growing wild in mangrove forests. The dense leaves and colorful pinkish-red shades from young shoots and pyramid-shaped canopy makes it a choice plant for narrow avenue planting; also planted along waterways, parks and home gardens. Plant is commonly grown as a hedge and provide extensive landscape when sculptured into nice topiaries. It is a small tree but rarely grown to be one. It can adapt to hard pruning and with each pruning, new shoots are colored - yellow, orange or maroon - depending on the subspecies. If left to become a tree it will flowers. The flowers appear in cluster and like powderpuff. The red-leaved Syzygium spp. has red flower clusters while the yellow species has whitish powderpuff flowers. The berry-like fruits are eatable and cherished by birds.Synonym(s): Eugenia oleina WightSyzygium myrtifolium Walp.Eugenia myrtifolia Roxb.Eugenia papillose DuthieRef and suggested reading:malaysianaturalheritage.com/index.php?option=com_content&...floraofsingapore.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/syzygium-myrtif...

hia hMyrtaceae (Myrtle family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lnai, and Maui)Kalauao Trail, OahuTreewww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4749628106/in/photostream/The wood was used in canoe construction, for fuel and house construction. The bark produce a black dye for kapa (tapa).Apparently before Western contact the leaves were brewed as a tea to lift the spirits.hia h is a close relative of the mountain apple (ohia ai). The small fruit of hia h are edible but often bland, even bitter, to slightly sweet.EtymologyThe generic name Syzygium is from the Greek prefix syn- or sys-, together, and zygon, yoked, in reference to the coherent (sticking together) petals that form a calyptra (hood or cup) in some species.The species name sandwicense refers to the "Sandwich Islands," as the Hawaiian Islands were once called, and named by James Cook on one of his voyages in the 1770s. James Cook named the islands after John Montagu (The fourth Earl of Sandwich) for supporting Cook's voyages.nativeplants.hawaii.edu

hia hMyrtaceae (Myrtle family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lnai, and Maui)Kalauao Trail, OahuCloseup of fruitwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4748986657/in/photostream/The wood was used in canoe construction, for fuel and house construction. The bark produce a black dye for kapa (tapa).Apparently before Western contact the leaves were brewed as a tea to lift the spirits.hia h is a close relative of the mountain apple (ohia ai). The small fruit of hia h are edible but often bland, even bitter, to slightly sweet.EtymologyThe generic name Syzygium is from the Greek prefix syn- or sys-, together, and zygon, yoked, in reference to the coherent (sticking together) petals that form a calyptra (hood or cup) in some species.The species name sandwicense refers to the "Sandwich Islands," as the Hawaiian Islands were once called, and named by James Cook on one of his voyages in the 1770s. James Cook named the islands after John Montagu (The fourth Earl of Sandwich) for supporting Cook's voyages.nativeplants.hawaii.edu

hia hMyrtaceae (Myrtle family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lnai, and Maui)Kalauao Trail, OahuTreewww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4749628106/in/photostream/The wood was used in canoe construction, for fuel and house construction. The bark produce a black dye for kapa (tapa).Apparently before Western contact the leaves were brewed as a tea to lift the spirits.hia h is a close relative of the mountain apple (ohia ai). The small fruit of hia h are edible but often bland, even bitter, to slightly sweet.EtymologyThe generic name Syzygium is from the Greek prefix syn- or sys-, together, and zygon, yoked, in reference to the coherent (sticking together) petals that form a calyptra (hood or cup) in some species.The species name sandwicense refers to the "Sandwich Islands," as the Hawaiian Islands were once called, and named by James Cook on one of his voyages in the 1770s. James Cook named the islands after John Montagu (The fourth Earl of Sandwich) for supporting Cook's voyages.nativeplants.hawaii.edu

Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia.Seedless variety - "Jambu madu". Syzygium aqueum (Burm. f.) Alston. Myrtaceae. CN: [Malay - Jambu air], Lau lau, Water apple, Bellfruit, Watery rose-apple. Native to Indian Subcontinent (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka), Myanmar, Malesia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea), Australia (Queensland); elsewhere cultivated with many varieties.Synonym(s):Cerocarpus aqueus (Burm.f.) Hassk. Eugenia alba Roxb. Eugenia aquea Burm.f. Eugenia callophylla (Miq.) Reinw. ex de Vriese Eugenia malaccensis Lour. [Illegitimate] Eugenia mindanaensis C.B.Rob. Eugenia nodiflora Aubl. Eugenia obversa Miq. Eugenia stipularis (Blume) Miq. Jambosa alba (Roxb.) G.Don Jambosa ambigua Blume Jambosa aquea (Burm.f.) DC. Jambosa calophylla Miq. Jambosa madagascariensis Blume Jambosa obtusissima (Blume) DC. Jambosa subsessilis Miq. Jambosa timorensis Blume Malidra aquea (Burm.f.) Raf. Myrtus obtusissima Blume Myrtus timorensis Zipp. ex Span. Syzygium obversum (Miq.) Masam.Ref. and suggested reading:www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-199227www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?50068en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syzygium_aqueum