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    By SylviaJanuary 14, 2020Updated:January 14, 2020No Comments6 Mins Read
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    Brush Cherry Quick Facts
    Name: Brush Cherry
    Scientific Name: Syzygium paniculatum
    Origin New South Wales, Australia
    Colors Initially green turning to magenta or can be white, pink or purple
    Shapes Ovoid berry, 1.3–1.5 cm long, 0.8–1 cm wide, fleshy
    Taste Slightly acidulous taste
    Syzygium paniculatum popularly known as the magenta lilly pilly or magenta cherry is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. Syzygium paniculatum is commonly confused with Syzygium austral. The plant is native to New South Wales, Australia, occurring along a narrow, linear, coastal strip in five separate geographical areas: Jervis Bay, Coalcliff, Botany Bay, Central Coast and Seal Rocks. Popular common names of the plant are Australian brush-cherry, brush cherry, Australian water-pear, magenta cherry, magenta lilly pilly, scrub cherry, scrub cherry, creek lilly-pilly, creek satinash and watergum. The name of the genus is the combination of the Greek terms “sys” which means together, and “zygon” means yoke, with reference to the joined petals of some species. The Latin name of the species, paniculatum means in the shape of a panicle, refers to the type of inflorescence.

    Brush Cherry Facts

    Name Brush Cherry
    Scientific Name Syzygium paniculatum
    Native New South Wales, Australia, occurring along a narrow, linear, coastal strip in five separate geographical areas: Jervis Bay, Coalcliff, Botany Bay, Central Coast and Seal Rocks
    Common Names Australian brush-cherry, brush cherry, Australian water-pear, magenta cherry, magenta lilly pilly, scrub cherry, scrub cherry, creek lilly-pilly, creek satinash, watergum
    Name in Other Languages Afrikaans: Australiese waterbessie
    Chinese:  Ao zhou pu tao,  Ao zhou yuan zhui hua fan ying ta ,  Yuan zhui hua fan ying tao
    English: Australian brush cherry, Brush cherry, Magenta lillypilly, magenta cherry, Australian water pear
    French: Cerisier d’Australie, myrte d’Australie
    German: Kirschmyrte
    Hebrew: סיזיגיון מכבדי
    Malayalam: Saisījiyaṁ panikulēṟṟaṁ (സൈസീജിയം പനികുലേറ്റം)
    Portuguese: Jambinho-roxo, jambinho, jambinho-rosa, jambo-da-Austrália
    Russian: Sizigium metel’chatyj (Сизигиум метельчатый)
    Spanish: Cereza magenta, lilly pilly magenta
    Swedish: Vippmyrten
    Plant Growth Habit Slow-growing evergreen shrub or small tree
    Growing Climates Rain forests and sandy soils by the sea, subtropical and littoral rainforest on sandy soils or stabilized dunes near the sea, Self establishes freely in shade, including native forest, parks, gardens
    Soil Alluvial, lateritic, sandy alluvia, marl and olitic limestone. Some of them tolerate saline soil and are found on deep, rich, well-drained soils
    Plant Size About 3 – 7 meters tall, but exceptional specimens up to 20 metres are found
    Leaf Simple, opposite, from elliptic to obovate with sharp apex, 3-10 cm long and 1,5-3 cm broad, of glossy dark green color on the upper page, paler below; the young leaves are red-bronze colored
    Flowering season November and February
    Flower It has cymose or panicle terminal inflorescences with flowers with cream white petals, about 5 mm long and several white stamina, 8-15 mm long, which are the most conspicuous part of the flower
    Fruit Shape & Size Ovoid berry, 1.3–1.5 cm long, 0.8–1 cm wide, fleshy
    Fruit Color Initially green turning to magenta or can be white, pink or purple
    Seed Only one seed
    Propagation By seed, softwood cutting, semi hardwood cutting
    Taste Slightly acidulous taste
    Season March to June

    Plant Description

    Brush Cherry is a slow-growing evergreen shrub or small tree with a dense, pyramidal crown.  A broad dense bushy rainforest tree, it grows to a height of 15 m (49 ft.) with a trunk diameter up to 35 cm (14 in).  The plant is found growing in rain forests, sandy soils by the sea, subtropical, littoral rainforest on sandy soils, stabilized dunes near the sea, self establishes freely in shade, including native forest, parks and gardens. The plant prefers alluvial, lateritic, sandy alluvia, marl and olitic limestone. Some of them tolerate saline soil and are found on deep, rich, well-drained soils.

    Leaves

    The leaves are 3-10 cm long and 1.5-3 cm broad, opposite, simple and slightly obovate, tapering at the leaf base. They are dark glossy green color on the upper page, and paler below. The young leaves are red-bronze colored. Petiole is about 3–5 mm long.

    Leaf arrangement opposite/subopposite
    Leaf type simple
    Leaf Margin Entire
    Leaf shape elliptic (oval)
    Leaf Venation none, or difficult to see
    Leaf type and persistence evergreen
    Leaf blade length less than 2 inches
    Leaf color purple or red
    Fall color no fall color change
    Fall characteristic not showy

     

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    Flower

    It has cymose or panicle terminal inflorescences with flowers with cream white petals, about 5 mm long and several white stamina about 8-15 mm long, which are the most conspicuous part of the flower. Calyx is green with lobes tipped red but later all red; tube narrowly obconic about 5 mm long. Lobes are oblong, 3 mm long and 2.7 mm wide. Petals are white, round, 4 mm long and wide. Stamens are white, about 6–8 mm long. Flowering normally takes place from November and February.

    Flower color White
    Flower Characteristics Summer flowering

     

    Fruits

    Fertile flowers are followed by fleshy globose or ovoid berry, 1.3–1.5 cm long, and 0.8–1 cm wide. Fruits are initially green turning to magenta or can be white, pink or purple with a slightly acidulous taste, containing one seed only, usually polyembryonic. It reproduces by branch cutting of the year and by seed, which must be planted as soon as possible, as it has a short lasting germinable capacity.

    It also stated that “The red juice of the fruit of this tree is similar in its properties to that of red grapes. It contains free tartaric acid, cream of tartar, sugar, and red coloring matter very sensitive to the action of acids and alkalies. By fermentation it yields wine possessing a bouquet. The coloring matter, which is soluble in alcohol and ether-alcohol, but not in pure ether, is precipitated by lead-acetate, decolorized by reducing agents, and recovers its red color on exposure to the air, just like litmus and the red color of wine. The edible fruit is occasionally collected from the wild, though it is not widely appreciated. The tree is commonly grown as a hedge and ornamental. The plant is endangered, with a serious risk of disappearing from the wild within one or two decades if current land use continues.

    Fruit Shape Round
    Fruit Length Less than 0.5 inch
    Fruit Cover Fleshy
    Fruit Color Red, Black
    Fruit Characteristics suited for human consumption; attracts birds

     

    Culinary uses

    • Crisp and very juicy, the aromatic rose-purple fruits are often eaten to quench the thirst.
    • The pleasantly sour fruit are also eaten fresh or cooked.
    • The fruit can be used to make jams and jellies

    Other Facts

    • Plants are used for hedging in frost-free areas of California.
    • They are widely used for hedging and to provide shelter from the wind in frost-free areas of California and Florida.
    • Outside Australia, brush cherry is used as a subject for bonsai.
    • This species has been adopted by Coffs Harbor City Council as the City’s floral symbol.

    References:

    https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=506169#null

    https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Syzygium+paniculatum

    https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/52455

    https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=SYPA7

    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159398

    https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/SYZPA

    http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-200058

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syzygium_paniculatum

    http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Syzygium+paniculatum

    http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:602052-1

    https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fp567

    https://bie.ala.org.au/species/http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2886832

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    Brush Cherry Scientific Classification

    Scientific Name: Syzygium paniculatum

    Rank Scientific Name & (Common Name)
    Kingdom Plantae (Plants)
    Subkingdom Tracheobionta (Vascular plants)
    Infrakingdom Streptophyta  (land plants)
    Super Division Spermatophyta (Seed plants)
    Division Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
    Sub Division Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
    Class Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)
    Sub-Class Rosidae
    Super Order Rosanae
    Order Myrtales
    Family Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
    Genus Syzygium P. Br. ex Gaertn. (Syzygium)
    Species Syzygium paniculatum Gaertn. (brush cherry)
    Synonyms
    • Eugenia paniculata (Gaertn.) Britten
    • Eugenia paniculata Gaertn.
    • Eugenia rheedioides Standl. & Steyerm.
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