Tree to over 20 m tall in the wild, generally much smaller in cultivation and often more or less shrubby, the branchlets 4-angled. Leaves elliptic to obovate, 4-9 cm long,1.5-3 cm wide with translucent oil dots just visible to the naked eye when held up to the light. Midrib grooved on the upper leaf surface. Flower clusters terminal, often of 3-7 flowers; summer. Fruits pink or red although sometimes purplish, fleshy.

S. 'Blaze' PVJ 8(3)52., S. 'Tiny Trev' PVJ 9(4)56.

Grows naturally from Mossman in NE Qld to Nowra in SE NSW in rainforests and along watercourses.Widely incorrectly referred to as Syzygium paniculatum.

NSW, Qld.

Winged branchlets meeting at the nodes; leaf veins distinct; fleshy calyx lobes closed in on globular to ellipsoid fruits with a single seed, cf. S. paniculatum.

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Myrtaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.