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Syzygium francisii is a common Australian tree, growing from near Morisset, New South Wales
Morisset, New South Wales

Morisset is a commercial centre and List of suburbs in Greater Newcastle, New South Wales of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, and is located west of Lake Macquarie just off the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway...
 to Gladstone, Queensland
Gladstone, Queensland

Gladstone is an Australian city located some 550 kilometres by road north of Brisbane and 100 kilometres south-east of Rockhampton. The city is situated between the Calliope River to the north and the Boyne River some 14 kilometres to the south....
. Common names include Giant Water Gum, Rose Satinash, and Francis Water Gum. The habitat of Syzygium francisii is rainforest
Rainforest

Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions setting minimum normal annual rainfall between 1750?2000 mm . The monsoon trough, alternately known as the intertropical convergence zone, plays a significant role in creating Earth's tropical rain forests....
 on basaltic or fertile alluvial soils.

Several fine examples may be seen at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

The Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, Australia, are the largest of three major botanical gardens open to the public in Sydney, along with the Mount Annan Botanic Garden and the Mount Tomah Botanic Garden....
. An often seen Syzygium francisii is at the start of the Mount Warning
Mount Warning

Mount Warning is a mountain close to Murwillumbah, New South Wales, near the border with Queensland on the North Coast of New South Wales, Australia....
 walking track in far north eastern New South Wales
New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
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i>Syzygium francisii is a medium to large size tree, occasionally reaching 45 metres in height and a 150 cm in trunk diameter.






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Syzygium francisii is a common Australian tree, growing from near Morisset, New South Wales
Morisset, New South Wales

Morisset is a commercial centre and List of suburbs in Greater Newcastle, New South Wales of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, and is located west of Lake Macquarie just off the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway...
 to Gladstone, Queensland
Gladstone, Queensland

Gladstone is an Australian city located some 550 kilometres by road north of Brisbane and 100 kilometres south-east of Rockhampton. The city is situated between the Calliope River to the north and the Boyne River some 14 kilometres to the south....
. Common names include Giant Water Gum, Rose Satinash, and Francis Water Gum. The habitat of Syzygium francisii is rainforest
Rainforest

Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions setting minimum normal annual rainfall between 1750?2000 mm . The monsoon trough, alternately known as the intertropical convergence zone, plays a significant role in creating Earth's tropical rain forests....
 on basaltic or fertile alluvial soils.

Several fine examples may be seen at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

The Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, Australia, are the largest of three major botanical gardens open to the public in Sydney, along with the Mount Annan Botanic Garden and the Mount Tomah Botanic Garden....
. An often seen Syzygium francisii is at the start of the Mount Warning
Mount Warning

Mount Warning is a mountain close to Murwillumbah, New South Wales, near the border with Queensland on the North Coast of New South Wales, Australia....
 walking track in far north eastern New South Wales
New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
.

Description

Syzygium francisii is a medium to large size tree, occasionally reaching 45 metres in height and a 150 cm in trunk diameter. The tree's crown appears dark and dense.

The bark is a scaly reddish light brown, with depressions caused by the shedding of scales of bark. Prominent buttresses form at the base.

Leaves, Flowers and Fruit


The leaves are opposite, simple, entire, ovate to eliptic lanceolate, 4 to 8 cm long drawn out into a long rounded point at the tip, abruptly narrowed towards the base. The leaf margin is often wavy, new growth pinkish red. Leaf stalks are 6 mm long.

Flowers, White in panicles at the ends of the branchlets and in the forks of the leaves. Stem and branches of panicles are slender and often four-angled. Flowers very small, less than 6 mm long, borne at the ends of the panicle
Panicle

A panicle is a compound raceme, a loose, much-branched Indeterminate growth inflorescence with Pedicel flowers attached along the secondary branches ....
 branches in little clusters of three to six on a short slender stalk, 3 mm long. Calyx
Calyx

Calyx or Calyce may refer to:* Calyx , a structural component of the mammalian kidney* Calyx , a UK producer of drum and bass* Calyce , a figure in Greek mythology...
 tube bell shaped, with four short broad teeth on the rim. Petals are white, four, round, 2 to 3 mm in diameter, adhering as a cap. Stamens 3 to 6 mm long. Flowering period September to December.

The fruit matures from January to April, being a flattened berry, a common shape of many Syzygium
Syzygium

Syzygium is a genus of flowering plants that belongs to the Myrtus family, Myrtaceae. The genus comprises about 1100 species, and has a native range that extends from Africa and Madagascar through southern Asia east through the Pacific Ocean....
, the colour is a pale blue, lilac to purple. The flesh is dry and unpalatable to taste.

Seed germination is relatively easy and quick, commencing at 20 days. Soaking of the seeds is recommended to drown insect larvae. Fruit are eaten by rainforest birds.

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