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Syzygium moorei

1 Durobby at suppressed

Syzygium moorei at suppressed - suppressed
Syzygium moorei at suppressed - suppressed
Syzygium moorei at suppressed - suppressed
Syzygium moorei at suppressed - suppressed
Syzygium moorei at suppressed - suppressed
Syzygium moorei at suppressed - suppressed
Syzygium moorei at suppressed - suppressed
Syzygium moorei at suppressed - suppressed
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Identification history

Syzygium moorei 28 Jun 2025 JasonPStewartNMsnc2016
Syzygium moorei 28 Jun 2025 JasonPStewartNMsnc2016
Unverified 28 Jun 2025 Robynmac

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Tall evergreen tree with dark leathery leaves when mature. cluster of red flowers only on the top.

17 comments

JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:
   28 Jun 2025
@Robynmac welcome here, in NatureMapr.
Good morning !

Straight to the point, please tell us more, (including) about the red flowers on the top to ease the way to identifying this to species, out of the many, scores, of species with foliage per se having this appearance and foliage features.

Jason (Stewart) .
Robynmac wrote:
   28 Jun 2025
Thank you Jason. Have updated with some more photos no flowers unfortunately.
JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:
   28 Jun 2025
Thank you.
Please tell us any of your own descriptive written notes at all about the flowers.
Robynmac wrote:
   28 Jun 2025
Found a photo after searching through thousands. See updated.
Robynmac wrote:
   28 Jun 2025
Could it be a Red Penda? Flower looks similar to a Yellow Penda.
JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:
   28 Jun 2025
Oh wow! Thank you for the searching through thousands of photographs. (I know what its like doing so).
Great flowering photograph (including considering the tree's height).

Awesome and wonderful large tree, local indigenous, species name: _Syzygium moorei_ 'durobby'
– i am carefully checking this before confirming this identification .

Same botanical family as the pendas (Xanthostemon genus and spp.), different genus and species .
Robynmac wrote:
   28 Jun 2025
I hope so! I have been trying to find out what it is for years. Thank you
JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:
   28 Jun 2025
Over the years have you seen any white or red fruits from this tree, looking like large lilly pilly fruits ?
(–no need for photos of them, I am just asking of your memories).
Robynmac wrote:
   28 Jun 2025
No as the flowers are sparse and always way up in the top.
Robynmac wrote:
   28 Jun 2025
Most of the tree is shaded with only the top getting much sunlight
JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:
   28 Jun 2025
Yes okay .
JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:
   28 Jun 2025
In which season do these flowers come please ?
Robynmac wrote:
   28 Jun 2025
I took that photo in November 22
JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:
   28 Jun 2025
Thank you !

Now for me to wonder about this wonderful and awesome, large mature tree's origin story.
Spontaneous naturally grown?
Or long ago planted by people ?

Identification confirmed, including using these two scholarly references:

• Harden Gwen, Hugh Nicholson, Bill McDonald, Nan Nicholson, Terry Tame and John Williams (2024) 
Rainforest Plants of Au : Rockhampton to Victoria .
_Syzygium moorei_ (page) .

Mobile devices (phones and tablets) app.: 
→ https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-mobile-app/
→ https://rainforestpublishing.com.au/shop/rainforest-plants-of-australia-2-0-mobile-app/ 

Computer (desktops and laptops) software: 
→ https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-desktop-app/  
→ https://rainforestpublishing.com.au/publications/ 

.

• Flora of NSW online PlantNet: 

PlantNET (The NSW Plant Information Network System).
_Syzygium moorei_ (F.Muell.) L.A.S.Johnson (page): 
→ https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Syzygium~moorei 

Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney.


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Robynmac wrote:
   28 Jun 2025
It's quite tall and starting to get larger buttress roots. We have a lot of rainforest species that were planted approximately 30 - 40 years ago and I suspect this was one of them.
I also think we have 2 more younger ones that have naturally grown.
Thank you for all your research.
JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:
   28 Jun 2025
Great we shared working this information out.

Please edit this sighting to tick the planted box.
Robynmac wrote:
   28 Jun 2025
Will do

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • 1m to 2m Circumference of trunk
  • True Planted

Species information

  • Syzygium moorei Scientific name
  • Durobby Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Vulnerable *
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • 21.65m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning

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