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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Acmena''
| image =
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption =
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Myrtales]]
| familia = [[Myrtaceae]]
| genus = '''''Acmena'''''
| genus_authority =
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
*''[[Acmena smithii]]''
* 14 others
}}

'''''Acmena''''' is a genus of 15 species of [[shrub]] and small [[tree]] in the myrtle family [[Myrtaceae]] and related to [[guava]]s. The name is derived from the [[Greek language|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 [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including ''[[Aenetus|Aenetus ligniveren]]'', which burrows into the trunk.

{{Myrtaceae-stub}}

[[Category:Myrtaceae]]
[[Category:Myrtales of Australia]]

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