Myrtaceae

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Psidium guajava L.

Psidium guajava L.

Psidium guajava L.

Psidium guajava L., or guava, is a widely cultivated edible fruit tree with many uses, native to the tropical Americas.

Psidium guineense Sw.

Psidium guineense Sw.

Psidium guineense Sw.

Psidium guineense Sw. is an American myrtle shrub or tree with edible fruits, used for lumber, tanning, and traditional medicine.

Rhodamnia rubescens (Benth.) Miq.

Rhodamnia rubescens (Benth.) Miq.

Rhodamnia rubescens (Benth.) Miq.

Rhodamnia rubescens is a small to medium tree that produces berries eaten by birds, and can be propagated via seed or cuttings.

Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Aiton) Hassk.

Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Aiton) Hassk.

Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Aiton) Hassk.

Rhodomyrtus tomentosa is an evergreen edible-fruited shrub grown ornamentally, with potential use for Himalayan fire breaks.

Syncarpia glomulifera (Sm.) Nied.

Syncarpia glomulifera (Sm.) Nied.

Syncarpia glomulifera (Sm.) Nied.

Syncarpia glomulifera, or turpentine, is an Australian tree with durable timber, common in eastern coastal forests.

Syzygium cordatum Hochst.

Syzygium cordatum Hochst.

Syzygium cordatum Hochst.

Syzygium cordatum is an evergreen African water-loving tree with edible fruit and various medicinal and practical uses.

Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels

Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels

Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels

Syzygium cumini (jambolan) is a tree valued for ornament, timber, edible fruit, and traditional medicine, native to South Asia, Asia, and Queensland Australia.

Syzygium floribundum F.Muell.

Syzygium floribundum F.Muell.

Syzygium floribundum F.Muell.

Syzygium floribundum F.Muell. is a large Australian myrtle tree grown as a popular ornamental.

Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston

Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston

Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston

Syzygium jambos, the rose apple, is an edible-fruited tree that has become invasive in many warm regions worldwide.

Syzygium maire (A.Cunn.) Sykes & Garn.-Jones

Syzygium maire (A.Cunn.) Sykes & Garn.-Jones

Syzygium maire (A.Cunn.) Sykes & Garn.-Jones

Syzygium maire (swamp maire) is an endemic New Zealand evergreen wetland tree with edible, antioxidant-rich fruit.

Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry

Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry

Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry

Syzygium malaccense (Malay/mountain apple) is a tropical edible tree cultivated for its fruit and other uses across the tropics.

Syzygium oleosum (F.Muell.) B.Hyland

Syzygium oleosum (F.Muell.) B.Hyland

Syzygium oleosum (F.Muell.) B.Hyland

Syzygium oleosum is an Australian small tree with edible blue fruit, grown as an ornamental.

Syzygium samarangense (Blume) Merr. & L.M.Perry

Syzygium samarangense (Blume) Merr. & L.M.Perry

Syzygium samarangense (Blume) Merr. & L.M.Perry

Syzygium samarangense is a tropical evergreen tree grown for its edible, commonly called wax apple, bell-shaped berries.

Syzygium smithii (Poir.) Nied.

Syzygium smithii (Poir.) Nied.

Syzygium smithii (Poir.) Nied.

Syzygium smithii, commonly lilly pilly, is an Australian rainforest tree that is an invasive unwanted organism in New Zealand.

Taxandria parviceps (Schauer) J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant

Taxandria parviceps (Schauer) J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant

Taxandria parviceps (Schauer) J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant

Taxandria parviceps is a hardy, drought-tolerant ornamental Australian shrub that grows in coastal seasonally-wet areas and produces mass small white flowers.

Tristaniopsis laurina (Sm.) Paul G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh.

Tristaniopsis laurina (Sm.) Paul G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh.

Tristaniopsis laurina (Sm.) Paul G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh.

Tristaniopsis laurina is a slow-growing ornamental tree with yellow scented flowers that attract bees.

Ugni molinae Turcz.

Ugni molinae Turcz.

Ugni molinae Turcz.

Ugni molinae Turcz. is an evergreen shrub native to Valdivian temperate rain forests that produces small edible berries.

Aluta maisonneuvei (F.Muell.) Rye & Trudgen

Aluta maisonneuvei (F.Muell.) Rye & Trudgen

Aluta maisonneuvei (F.Muell.) Rye & Trudgen

Aluta maisonneuvei is a small dense woody shrub that grows in desert regions of central Australia.

Hypocalymma cordifolium Schauer

Hypocalymma cordifolium Schauer

Hypocalymma cordifolium Schauer

Hypocalymma cordifolium is a flowering shrub found in seasonally wet habitats in south-western Australia.

Baeckea linifolia Rudge

Baeckea linifolia Rudge

Baeckea linifolia Rudge

Baeckea linifolia, or swamp baeckea, is an Australian erect flowering shrub grown in horticulture.

Baeckea brevifolia (Rudge) DC.

Baeckea brevifolia (Rudge) DC.

Baeckea brevifolia (Rudge) DC.

Baeckea brevifolia is a small common Australian heathland shrub with white to pale pink flowers, found in New South Wales.

Baeckea diosmifolia Rudge

Baeckea diosmifolia Rudge

Baeckea diosmifolia Rudge

Baeckea diosmifolia is a small Australian shrub that grows in wet heathland in New South Wales and Queensland.

Calytrix fraseri A.Cunn.

Calytrix fraseri A.Cunn.

Calytrix fraseri A.Cunn.

Calytrix fraseri is a flowering shrub native to south-western Western Australia, growing across multiple bioregions on sandplains, dunes and granite outcrops.

Calytrix leschenaultii (Schauer) Benth.

Calytrix leschenaultii (Schauer) Benth.

Calytrix leschenaultii (Schauer) Benth.

Calytrix leschenaultii is a glabrous flowering shrub native to south-western Western Australia, rarely cultivated and hardy to Australian climate extremes.

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