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|accepted_name=Syzygium australe
|accepted_authority=(J. C. Wendland ex Link) B. Hyland
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Austral. J. Bot., Suppl. Ser.
|place=9: 55. 1983
|year=1983
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Eugenia australis
|authority=J. C. Wendland ex Link
|rank=species
|publication_title=Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt.
|publication_place=2: 28.  1822
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|hierarchy=Myrtaceae;Syzygium;Syzygium australe
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Myrtaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Syzygium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Syzygium australe]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 10
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="tree some measurement;shrub some measurement"><b>Trees </b>or shrubs usually to 3 m;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="branch life cycle;branch shape;branch shape">older branches terete or nearly so;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="twig shape;twig architecture;twig architecture or shape;wing position or shape;structure shape;leaf node quantity;leaf node arrangement">twigs weakly compressed, distally 4-winged or ribbed, wings merging in pairs, forming pocketlike structure just distal to many leaf nodes and decussate with petioles of that node;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="bark coloration;bark fragility">bark tan, flaky.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade length;blade width;base shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape;surface architecture;surface architecture;gland count or density;gland size;gland prominence;gland presence"><b>Leaves:</b> blade obovate or elliptic, 3–9 × 1.2–3.2 cm, base cuneate to narrowly so, apex acute or abruptly acuminate, mucronate, surfaces glandular or eglandular, glands sparse abaxially, small, obscure, or absent adaxially.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence position"><b>Inflorescences </b>3–7-flowered, terminal, also axillary in distal leaf-axils, dichasia;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="axis some measurement">axis 10–15 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="bract duration">bracts deciduous well before anthesis (leaving prominent scar);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="bracteole duration">bracteoles early deciduous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower architecture;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>sessile or pedicellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="bud shape;bud some measurement">bud clavate, 6–10 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="hypanthium shape">hypanthium narrowly obconic-campanulate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="calyx lobe duration;calyx lobe shape;calyx lobe length;calyx lobe width;pair size;margin texture;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape">calyx lobes persistent, ovate, in subequal pairs, 2–3 ×2–4 mm, margins scarious, apex bluntly acute to rounded;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="petal fusion;petal shape;petal diameter;margin texture;apex shape">petals distinct, orbiculate, 3–5 mm diam., margins scarious, apex rounded;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="stamen some measurement;stamen some measurement">stamens 100–150, ca. 10 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="style some measurement">style 7–24 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="berry coloration;berry coloration;berry shape;berry shape;berry some measurement"><b>Berries </b>red or purple, globose or ellipsoid, 14–23 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late summer–winter.
|habitat=Disturbed riparian areas.
|elevation=0–50 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Australia
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Syzygium australe is known in the flora area from Los Angeles to San Diego in southern California,</p><!--
--><p>Syzygium australe is sometimes confused with S. paniculatum Gaertner, which also is commonly cultivated in California and naturalized near San Diego. Syzygium paniculatum differs from S. australe in twigs not winged or ribbed and in not having a pocketlike structure just distal to leaf nodes, decussate with the petioles at that leaf node. The seeds of S. paniculatum are commonly polyembryonic.</p>
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name=Syzygium australe
|authority=(J. C. Wendland ex Link) B. Hyland
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Eugenia australis
|family=Myrtaceae
|phenology=Flowering late summer–winter.
|habitat=Disturbed riparian areas.
|elevation=0–50 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Australia
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Austral. J. Bot., Suppl. Ser.
|publication year=1983
|special status=
|source xml=
|genus=Syzygium
|species=Syzygium australe
|apex shape=rounded;bluntly acute;rounded
|axis some measurement=10mm;15mm
|bark coloration=tan
|bark fragility=flaky
|base shape=cuneate
|berry coloration=purple;red
|berry shape=ellipsoid;globose
|berry some measurement=14mm;23mm
|blade length=3cm;9cm
|blade shape=elliptic;obovate
|blade width=1.2cm;3.2cm
|bract duration=deciduous
|bracteole duration=deciduous
|branch life cycle=older
|branch shape=nearly;terete
|bud shape=clavate
|bud some measurement=6mm;10mm
|calyx lobe duration=persistent
|calyx lobe length=2mm;3mm
|calyx lobe shape=ovate
|calyx lobe width=2mm;4mm
|flower architecture=pedicellate;sessile
|gland count or density=sparse
|gland presence=absent
|gland prominence=obscure
|gland size=small
|hypanthium shape=obconic-campanulate
|inflorescence architecture=3-7-flowered
|inflorescence position=axillary
|leaf node arrangement=decussate
|leaf node quantity=many
|margin texture=scarious;scarious
|pair size=subequal
|petal diameter=3mm;5mm
|petal fusion=distinct
|petal shape=orbiculate
|shrub some measurement=0m;3m
|stamen some measurement=10;100mm;150mm
|structure shape=pocketlike
|style some measurement=7mm;24mm
|surface architecture=eglandular;glandular
|tree some measurement=0m;3m
|twig architecture=4-winged
|twig architecture or shape=ribbed
|twig shape=compressed
|wing position or shape=distal
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