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Brush Cherry

Syzygium paniculatum

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colombia.January 11, February 5, March 6, April 55, May 50, June 13, July 3, August 6, September 5, October 1, November 11, December 5.
Colombia171
Bogota Capital District139
New Zealand86
Auckland Region41
United States37
California32
Australia30
Wellington Region22
New South Wales19
Cundinamarca14

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Ordermyrtles, evening primroses, and allies · Myrtales
Familymyrtle family · Myrtaceae
GenusWaterberries · Syzygium

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Brush Cherry with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.