Syzygium papyraceum

Syzygium papyraceum, known as the paperbark satinash, is a rainforest tree of northeastern Queensland, Australia. It can grow to 35 m (115 ft) tall and 90 cm (35 in) in diameter, with papery red-brown bark. Leaves are simple (i.e. undivided), arranged in opposite pairs, and measure up to 10 cm (3.9 in) long and 5 cm (2.0 in) wide. Attractive pink or mauve flowers are followed by purple fruit. It was first described in 1983 by the Australian botanist Bernard Hyland.^[4][5]

Paperbark satinash
Foliage, at Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Conservation status
Least Concern (NCA)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Syzygium
Species:	S. papyraceum
Binomial name
Syzygium papyraceum B.Hyland[2][3]

Conservation

This species is listed as least concern under the Queensland Government's Nature Conservation Act.^[1] As of 9 November 2024^[update], it has not been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

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  Bark
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  Flowers
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  Fruit
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  Seedling

External links

• View a map of herbarium records of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
• View observations of this species on iNaturalist
• See images of this species on Flickriver.com