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'''''Syzygium australe''''', commonly called '''Brush Cherry''' or '''Scrub Cherry''', is a [[rainforest]] tree native to eastern [[Australia]]. It can attain a height of up to 35 m with a diameter of 60 cm. The [[leaves]] are opposite, simple, lanceolate from 4-8 cm long. [[Flowers]] are white and in clusters. The dark pink to red [[fruits]] are edible. <ref> Floyd, A.G., ''Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia'', Inkata Press 1989, ISBN 0-909605-57-2</ref>
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Brush Cherry is commonly cultivated in gardens in eastern Australia, mostly as shorter, shrub-like cultivars. These are especially popular as hedges. The pleasantly sour fruit are also eaten fresh or cooked. The fruit can be used to make [[jam]]s and jellies.
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Commonly confused with [[Syzygium paniculatum|Magenta Cherry]] and the [[Syzygium oleosum|Blue Lilly Pilly]]. However, the Brush Cherry has a paler trunk.
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Eugenia myrtifolia, Sims (E. australis, Wendl. Jambosa myrtifolia, Ndz.). Australian Brush Cherry. Tree, attaining 80 ft., glabrous: Lvs. oval or oblong-lanceolate, mostly acute, 1½-3 in. long: fls. white: fr. red, ovoid, nearly 1 in. long, with an acid taste. Austral.—Hardy in the S. Much used in Calif. as an ornamental tree and for clipped hedges. The foliage is dense and glossy, green when mature, tinged with wine-red on the gracefully spreading young shoots. Frs. sometimes used in jelly-making.
 
Eugenia myrtifolia, Sims (E. australis, Wendl. Jambosa myrtifolia, Ndz.). Australian Brush Cherry. Tree, attaining 80 ft., glabrous: Lvs. oval or oblong-lanceolate, mostly acute, 1½-3 in. long: fls. white: fr. red, ovoid, nearly 1 in. long, with an acid taste. Austral.—Hardy in the S. Much used in Calif. as an ornamental tree and for clipped hedges. The foliage is dense and glossy, green when mature, tinged with wine-red on the gracefully spreading young shoots. Frs. sometimes used in jelly-making.
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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