Acmena

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   tree

Lifespan: perennial
Cultivation
Features: evergreen
Scientific Names

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Acmena
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Acmena

Species
*Acmena smithii
  • 14 others

Acmena is a genus of 15 species of shrub and small tree in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and related to guavas. The name is derived from the Greek word for "plentiful."

It is a fairly recent creation, being split off from Eugenia, along with the closely-related Syzygium.

They are found in Australia and Malesia. The Australian species are commonly labelled as lilly pillies, along with the Australian Syzygiums

Acmena is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Aenetus ligniveren, which burrows into the trunk.

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