Probably few people actually know that this beautifully named endemic species, the Kuranda Satinash, is planted along some streets in the jungle village of Kuranda – the place it is named after.
I am still learning about this tree, but from what I have noted so far, this species has relatively large and very thick leathery leaves. This leathery-ness is probably enough to set this species apart from many other Syzygiums. More to come.
About David Tng
I am
David Tng, a hedonistic botanizer who pursues plants with a fervour. I chase the opportunity to delve into various aspects of the study of plants. I have spent untold hours staring at mosses and allied plants, taking picture of pollen, culturing orchids in clean cabinets, counting tree rings, monitoring plant flowering times, etc. I am currently engrossed in the study of plant ecology (a grand excuse to see 'anything I can). Sometimes I think of myself as a shadow taxonomist, a sentimental ecologist, and a spiritual environmentalist - but at the very root of it all, a "plant whisperer"!
Leaf Whispering in the Tropics 