Scientific Name: Syzygium oleosum

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  • Pronunciation:
    sigh-ZIDGE-ee-um
  • Common Name:
    Blue lilly pilly
  • Derivation:
    Syzygium: from the Greek syzygos - yoking. from syn - together zygon - yoke. In some species petals join to form calyptra (cap, hood, cape) which is shed as flower expands.
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    MYRTACEAE
  • Flowers:
    November to January white
  • Fruit:
    Purple
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wet Eucalypt Forest along moist scrubby watercourses
  • Species List:
    Bush food, FI Podberscek, NLTalks2010, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, NNP Parkedge/Alex, NNP service road, Cooroibah 26.4.09, Wooroi Palm Grove, BSDoonan, Cooloothin Corner, Tewantin Forest Gyndier, Fraser Island, Upper Yandina Creek, Boreen Point, Leslie Drive Roundabout Kin Kin Scrub BHNR Dandaloo NNS Fern Track Arthur Harrold NR, Kin Kin Arboretum, Stratford Park, Heritage Park,
Cultural Notes

TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential:

Bush food: fruit edible

One of the tastier fruits, ideal for jam making.

Identification Notes

Fruit: flattened oval, crowned by sepals. ||Branchlets and petioles: often red ||Leaf: aromatic when crushed. 20-30 pr. veins. Lower surface paler. Oblong elliptic to lanceolate. Tip drawn out to long point. ||Flower: flowers in panicles from upper axils||

Associated Fauna

||Bird attracting. |Butterflies: Hairy Lineblue, nectar feeding butterflies, Bright Oakblue||

Landscaping Notes

Landscaping potential in suitable areas. Noosa Council Preferred Species list .||Successfully propagated by Noosa & District Landcare.||Prefers moist well-drained situation. ||Successfully propagated by Coolum Community Native Nursery|Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery|Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||