178 MYRTACEAE Syzygium 
Two subspecies are recognised: 
1. Sepals 2-4 mm long; leaves 8-24 mm wide, narrowly elliptic or narrowly obovate ......... subsp. eucalyptoides 
1. Sepals 4-5 mm long; leaves 35-165 mm wide, orbicular to lanceolate ........c.cccsssesseeseeeee 
S. eucalyptoides subsp. bleeseri (O.Schwarz) B.Hyland 
Eugenia bleeseri O.Schwarz 
Tree to 10 m, commonly occurring as stunted 
clonal suckers flowering and fruiting less than 1 m 
high. -Leaf blades subglaucous, concolorous, 
orbicular to lanceolate, 40-130(150) mm long, 
35-95(165) mm wide, base truncate to attenuate. 
Pedicels c. 2 mm long; buds 12-13 mm long. 
Hypanthium 5.5-7 mm long, 6.5-8 mm wide. Sepals 
4-5.5 mm long. Fruit usually white with a pink 
blush, Flowering: July - Oct; fruiting: Nov - Dec. 
Fig. 55 White Bush Apple 
Australian endemic occurring from the Kimberley 
to Cobourg Peninsula; common and widespread in 
the DR. Usually on sandy soils. 
S. eucalyptoides subsp. eucalyptoides 
Tree or multi-stemmed shrub, rarely above 6 m 
high. Leaf blades glaucous, isobilateral, straight or 
falcate, narrowly elliptic or narrowly obovate, 70-185 
mm long, 8-24 mm wide. Inflorescence often 
contracted and few flowered. Pedicels 2-4 mm long; 
buds 9-12 mm long. Hypanthium 4-8 mm long, 
3.5-8.8 mm wide. Sepals 2-4 mm long. Fruit red, pink 
or white with a pink blush. Flowering: June - Nov; 
fruiting: Dec - Jan. Fig. 55 
Endemic to northern Australia; from the Kimber- 
ley to Cape York. On streams and in seasonal stream 
beds in sandstone or quartzite; occasionally in open 
vegetation on sandy soils. Specimens with features 
intermediate between the two subspecies are frequent. 
S. fibrosum (F.M.Bailey) T.G.Hartley & L.M.Perry 
Eugenia fibrosa F.M.Bailey 
Shrub or small tree to 15 m but usually smaller; 
bark smooth, pale brown. Petioles 5-12 mm long. Leaf 
blades elliptic to broadly elliptic, rarely obovate, 
70-100 mm long, 26-55 mm wide, base attenuate, 
apex acuminate. Inflorescence terminal and axillary, 
30-90 mm long. Flowers 4-merous; buds + sessile, 
clavate, c. 7 mm long. Hypanthium 4.5-6 mm long, 
‘2-3 mm wide. Sepals narrowly triangular, rigid, c. 4 
mm long. Petals spathulate, c. 4 mm long. Stamens 
c. 15 mm long. Fruit bright pink, globular, the 
persistent sepals conspicuous, 10-25 mm long. 
Flowering: Mar - May; fruiting: July - Oct. Fig. 55 
subsp. bleeseri 
Qld and New Guinea; in the NT in Arnhem Land 
and on Melville Is. An understorey species growing 
in dense shade in rainforest. 
S. forte (FMuell.) B.Hyland 
Eugenia fortis F.Muell. 
Tree to 25 m; bark usually flaky to papery, pinkish. 
Petioles 5-12 mm long. Leaf blades discolorous, 
subglaucous, oblanceolate, obovate or narrowly to 
broadly elliptic, 80-140 mm long, 32-72(80) mm 
wide, base attenuate, apex obtuse. Inflorescence 
terminal, 75-110 mm long. Flowers 4-merous; buds 
+ sessile, turbinate, 6-9 mm long. Hypanthium 5.5- 
7.5 mm long, 5.5-8 mm wide. Sepals semicircular to 
subtriangular, c. 2 mm long. Petals orbicular, c. 5 
mm long. Stamens 10-12 mm long. Fruit white, 
depressed globular, c. 25 mm long. Flowering: Sept - 
Dec; fruiting: Jan. Fig. 55 
Tropical Australia and New Guinea. A common 
species of riverine vegetation as far south as 
Katherine. In the DR found in rainforest on 
Melville Is. and on the Daly R. Two subspecies are 
recognised by Hyland. 1. subsp. forte: inflorescence 
terminating leafy twigs in the upper axils; leaves 
usually orbicular, obovate, rarely lanceolate. 2. subsp. 
potamophilum: inflorescence terminal below the 
leaves or inside the crown; leaves narrowly ovate, 
elliptic or lanceolate. 
S. minutuliflorum (F.Muell.) B.Hyland 
Eugenia minutuliflora F.Muell. 
Tree to 20 m high, shortly buttressed; bark brown 
or grey, shedding in stiff flakes. Petioles c. 7 mm 
long, grooved above. Leaf blades slightly glaucous, 
drying grey-green, obovate, oblanceolate or elliptic, 
75-135 mm long, 30-58 mm wide; midrib grooved 
above, raised below, secondary venation obscure. 
Inflorescence in upper axils and terminating current 
seasons shoots, bracts deciduous. Flowers 4-merous; 
buds + sessile, obovoid, articulate on short peduncle, 
c. 3 mm long. Hypanthium c. 3 mm long, 2.5 mm 
wide. Calyx lobes c. 0.2 mm long. Petals cohering, 
falling as a calyptra. Stamens c. 1 mm long. Fruit 
white, obovoid, globular or + cylindrical, 10-21 mm 
long, the apex truncate with a circular cavity around 
the style base. Flowering: Sept - Nov; fruiting: Oct - 
Jan. Fig. 55 
