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Syzygium smithii (Poir.) Nied.

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Syzygium smithii (Poir.) Nied.
Syzygium smithii (Poir.) Nied.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
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(Poir.) Nied.
Poir.
Nied.
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species
Syzygium smithii

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smithii

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Tree (6-15 m high in cultivation). Lvs very aromatic when crushed; petiole usually c. 5 mm long. Lamina 4-12-(15) × 2-5-(8) cm, ovate or elliptic-ovate, coriaceous, glossy above, dotted with glands below; veins parallel and prominent below; base cuneate or narrow-cuneate; apex obtusely cuspidate or acuminate. Fls shortly pedicellate. Hypanthium (including pseudopedicel) 3-5 mm long; calyx lobes 4, deciduous. Petals 4, c. 2 mm long, forming a small calyptrum, whitish. Stamens to c. 3 mm long, whitish. Fr. subglobose to broad-oblong or obovoid, often slightly flattened, usually 1-1.7-(3) cm diam., pinkish mauve or white, with apical cavity. Seed large.

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Acmena smithii (Poir.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
Syzygium smithii (Poir.) Nied.
Syzygium smithii (Poir.) Nied.
Syzygium smithii (Poir.) Nied.
Syzygium smithii (Poir.) Nied.
Syzygium smithii (Poir.) Nied.
Syzygium smithii (Poir.) Nied.
Syzygium smithii (Poir.) Nied.
Syzygium smithii (Poir.) Nied.
Syzygium smithii (Poir.) Nied.

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New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Syzygium smithii (Poir.) Nied.
Australia
Syzygium smithii (Poir.) Nied.
Australia
New South Wales
Syzygium smithii (Poir.) Nied.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Syzygium smithii (Poir.) Nied.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Syzygium smithii (Poir.) Nied.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Syzygium smithii (Poir.) Nied.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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39d822ed-6eba-4920-8302-612ab608311c
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Names_Plants
17 October 2006
1 October 2009
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