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Syzygium from Fiji

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Poster: chong (see this users gallery) Syzygium Minus: Endemic to Fiji. This small tree is confined to the Mt. Evans range on Viti Levu, where it is known from the type locality and two collections.
· Date: Sun January 4, 2009 · Views: 2997 · Filesize: 71.2kb, 140.9kb · Dimensions: 800 x 600 ·
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Richard

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Registered: January 2008
Location: Vista, CA
Posts: 9674

Sun January 4, 2009 1:49pm

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Beautiful!

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chong

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Registered: November 2006
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 1851

Sun January 4, 2009 2:02pm

Thanks, Richard. Rorywest and I were PMing about his plant collection in Samoa, whereupon he mentioned a Syzygium species from Fiji that had banana shaped fruits and sweet. It kinda piqued my curiosity, so I looked at the net for a photo, and that was the only one I could find. Apparently, a small shrub and can be container grown. Now, I have to get seeds of these!

lorax

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Registered: July 2007
Location: Ecuador, South America
Posts: 2532

Sun January 4, 2009 9:15pm

Rating: 10.00

Lovely! Does this one produce edible fruits like its relatives? (I'm thinking Syzygium jambos)

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chong

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Registered: November 2006
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 1851

Mon January 5, 2009 1:52am

According to Rory, the banana shaped fruits are edible, in fact, sweet and fragrant, even. But he says that it is very fibrous and "better made into necklace". I would presume that he meant that they make them into "leis".

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