| Cassowary satinash | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Syzygium |
| Species: | S. graveolens |
| Binomial name | |
| Syzygium graveolens | |
| Synonyms [3] | |
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Syzygium graveolens, commonly known as cassowary satinash, is a plant in the eucalyptus family Myrtaceae found only in the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia.
Syzygium graveolens is a tree growing to 30 m (98 ft) tall and a diameter of up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in). The trunk is reddish or grey and the bark is scaly or flaky. Buttress roots are often present. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs on the twigs and held on petioles (stalks) about 14 mm (0.55 in) long. They are glabrous (hairless), leathery and measure up to 22 cm (8.7 in) long by 8 cm (3.1 in) wide. The flowers have 4 or 5 white or cream petals about 2 mm (0.08 in) long and are fragrant. The fruit is, in botanical terms, a berry, pink or reddish and about 6 cm (2.4 in) in diameter. It contains a single seed about 4 cm (1.6 in) in diameter. [4] [5] [6]
Flowering occurs from January to June, and fruits mature between April and November. [6]
This species was first described in 1891 by Frederick Manson Bailey as Cryptocarya graveolens (family Lauraceae). Bailey did not have samples of the flowers, and it is thought that he had some doubt about his placement of the plant in this family. [4] In 1956 the species was transferred to the genus Acmena (Myrtaceae) by Lindsay Stuart Smith. [4] In 2006, in a review of several closely related genera in Myrtaceae conducted by Lyndley Alan Craven and Edward Sturt Biffin, the entire Acmena genus was transferred to Syzygium, giving this species its current combination Syzygium graveolens. [7]
The genus name Syzygium comes from the Ancient Greek sýzygos , meaning 'joined', 'yoked', or 'paired', and refers to the paired leaves. The species epithet graveolens is Latin for "strong smelling", which refers to the cut seeds. [6]
The cassowary satinash is found only in coastal northeastern Queensland, from Cape Tribulation to about Tully. It grows in well developed rainforest at altitudes from sea level to about 500 m (1,600 ft). [5] [4]
Fruit of this species are eaten by cassowaries (Casuarius casuarius). [6]
This species is listed as least concern under the Queensland Government's Nature Conservation Act. [1] As of 26 August 2024 [update] , it has not been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Syzygium is a genus of flowering plants that belongs to the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. The genus comprises about 1200 species, and has a native range that extends from Africa and Madagascar through southern Asia east through the Pacific. Its highest levels of diversity occur from Malaysia to northeastern Australia, where many species are very poorly known and many more have not been described taxonomically. One indication of this diversity is in leaf size, ranging from as little as a half inch to as great as 4 ft 11 inches by sixteen inches in Syzygium acre of New Caledonia.
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Syzygium smithii is a summer-flowering, winter-fruiting evergreen tree, native to Australia and belonging to the myrtle family Myrtaceae. It shares the common name "lilly pilly" with several other plants.It is planted as shrubs or hedgerows, and features: rough, woody bark; cream and green smooth, waxy leaves; flushes of pink new growth; and white to maroon edible berries. Unpruned, it will grow about 3–5 m (9.8–16.4 ft) tall in the garden.
Acmena was formerly the name of a genus of shrubs and trees in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. The genus was first formally described in 1828 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in his Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.
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Syzygium ingens, commonly known as red apple, is a species of flowering plant that is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a medium-sized to tall rainforest tree with narrow elliptic to oblong leaves and panicles of white flowers on the ends of branchlets, followed by spherical red berries.
Syzygium hemilamprum, commonly known as the broad-leaved lilly pilly, blush satinash, cassowary gum, Eungella gum, and treated as Acmena hemilampra in New South Wales and Queensland, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is native to New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory. It is a rainforest tree with broadly lance-shaped to elliptic leaves, panicles of white flowers and more or less spherical white fruit.
Syzygium cormiflorum, commonly known as the bumpy satinash, is a species of Syzygium tree endemic to Queensland in northeastern Australia.
Syzygium alliiligneum, commonly known as onionwood, Mission Beach satinash or bark in the wood is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to a small part of north eastern Queensland.
Syzygium angophoroides, commonly known as bark in wood, Yarrabah satinash, or swamp satinash, is a tree of the family Myrtaceae native to Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland in Australia, which grows to a height of 6 to 35 m. It blooms between July and November producing cream flowers, followed by small fruits about 9 mm long by 13 mm wide, which turn dark purple or blackish when ripe.
Syzygium forte, commonly known as flaky-barked satinash, white apple or brown satinash, is a tree in the family Myrtaceae native to New Guinea and northern Australia.
Syzygium canicortex, commonly known as yellow satinash, is a tree in the family Myrtaceae native to Queensland, Australia, first described in 1983.
Syzygium claviflorum is a tree in the Myrtaceae family. It is native to the north of the Australian continent and in tropical and subtropical Asia. It is used for timber, as fuel, as human and cattle food, and for dye. Stunted specimens can be found on the top of the plateau of Bokor National Park, Cambodia.
Syzygium apodophyllum is a tree in the Myrtaceae family endemic to north Queensland. The fruit is edible. It is a host for the exotic plant-pathogen fungus Austropuccinia psidii, which is causing a lot of damage to vegetation communities and economic plants.
Mackinlaya macrosciadea, commonly known as mackinlaya or blue umbrella, is a plant in the carrot, fennel and parsley family Apiaceae, found in the Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia.
Syzygium unipunctatum, commonly known as the rolypoly satinash, is a small tree in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to the rainforests of the Wet Tropics of Queensland.
Syzygium sayeri, commonly known as pink satinash, is a plant in the family Myrtaceae which is native to northeastern Queensland, Australia, and New Guinea.
Syzygium puberulum, commonly known as white satinash or downy satinash, is a plant in the family Myrtaceae which is native to rainforests of Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, and Papua New Guinea. It was first described in 1942.
Mackinlaya confusa is a plant in the carrot, fennel and parsley family Apiaceae that is endemic to Queensland, Australia. It was first described in 1909.
Syzygium alatoramulum, commonly known as tinkling satinash, is a plant in the clove and eucalyptus family Myrtaceae, found only in the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia.
