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Known as the weeping lilli pilli, this tree is widely planted as an ornamental. Planted trees from 1827 may be seen at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. However, these trees are damaged and threatened by the roosting grey headed flying foxes. A very large tree (diameter 110.5 cm) is located at Western Park in Auckland, New Zealand.
Common names include riberry, small leaved lilly pilly, cherry satinash, cherry alder, or clove lilli pilli. The habitat is Australian riverine, littoral , subtropical or tropical rainforest. [ 1 ] It grows on volcanic soils or deep sandy soils between the Macleay River in New South Wales to near Cairns in tropical Queensland .
The character "Lilly Pilly" (based on the fruit of the tree) who is an actress friend of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, was illustrated by author May Gibbs. [30] [31] The fruit and leaves of Syzigium smithii were featured on a 49c Australian stamp, one of a bush tucker set, in 2002. The stamp was designed by Janet Boschen and titled "Lilly-pilly". [32]
Lillipilli or Lilly Pilly may refer to: One of two suburbs in New South Wales, Australia: Lilli Pilli, New South Wales, a small suburb in southern Sydney; Lilli Pilli (Eurobodalla), a suburb on the New South Wales South Coast; Any of several genera of plants commonly known as lillipilli, including: Syzygium, water apples, rose apples
Syzygium paniculatum (magenta lilly pilly) Syzygium samarangense, with a cross section of the fruit. Syzygium (/ s ɪ ˈ z ɪ dʒ iː ə m /) [3] is a genus of flowering plants that belongs to the myrtle family, Myrtaceae.
Syzygium fratris, also known as brotherly love lilly pilly, is a species of plants in the clove family Myrtaceae endemic to Queensland, Australia. Its natural range is restricted to a single mountain peak, and it has been classified as critically endangered.
Syzygium hemilamprum, commonly known as the broad-leaved lilly pilly, blush satinash, cassowary gum, Eungella gum, [2] and treated as Acmena hemilampra in New South Wales and Queensland, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is native to New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory.
Weeping trees are trees characterized by soft, limp twigs. [1] This characterization may lead to a bent crown and pendulous branches that can cascade to the ground. While weepyness occurs in nature, most weeping trees are cultivars . [ 1 ]