Lady Apple, Syzygium suborbiculare, also known as the Red Bush Apple, semi-deciduous understory fruit bearing tree, native of northern Australia’s tropics and Papua New Guinea. Lady Apple is a medium sized tree reaching up to 12 meters in height. Syzygium suborbiculare leaves are usually smooth, thick, leathery, broad and oval, 7 -19 cm long and [...]
Johnstone River Satinash, Syzygium erythrocalyx, also commonly known as Red bud satinash, is an evergreen, tropical rainforest, fruit bearing tree, native to North Queensland Australia. Johnstone River Satinash grows up to 15 meters in height and given some shade and plentiful water will develop into a spectacular feature tree. Leaves are opposite, large, broad, elliptical [...]
Blue Tongue, Melastoma affine, also known by the common name of Native Lassiandra, is a fast growing, beautiful, evergreen fruit bearing shrub up to 2 meters tall, distributed in the tropical and sub-tropical woodlands of Australia, India and South-east Asia. Melastoma affine is a member of the family Melastomataceae the genus Melastoma. The Blue Tongue [...]
Cherry of the Rio Grande, Eugenia aggregata, is a small evergreen, highly ornamental, frequently a multi-branching fruit bearing tree or large shrub, growing 3-8 meters tall. Eugenia aggregata is a member of the family Myrtaceae the genus Eugenia a tropical plant native to the Brazilian region. Leaves are 5-8cm long, dark glossy-green, smooth and slightly [...]
Orange Thorn, Citriobatus pauciflorus, also known as Orange Berry, Wallaby Apple and Native Orange, is a small evergreen, shrubby thorny fruit bearing bush, indigenous to rain-forest regions of Australia, reaching a height of about two meters. It is hardy plant to short freezes, will endure temperatures to at least -8°C and it is mildly drought [...]
Peruvian Apple Cactus, Cereus repandus, is an indigenous, fruit bearing cactus plant, of South America also known as Apple Cactus, Giant Club Cactus and Hedge Cactus. It is a large, upright, thorny and columnar plant with gray-green to blue multi-lobed stems. It can grow to reach 10 meters in height and 10-20 cm in diameter [...]
