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Myrtaceae

Lilly pilly

Syzygium smithii (Poir.) Nied.

Family
Myrtaceae
Genus
Syzygium

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Lilly pilly: Syzygium smithii at the San Francisco Botanical Garden
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)
Chinese
澳洲赤楠
English
Lilly pilly
French
Milly-pilly
Hebrew
לילי פילי, אקמנה סמיטי

Synonyms

  • Acmena elliptica G.Don ex Steud.
  • Acmena elliptica G.Benn.
  • Acmena floribunda DC.
  • Acmena floribunda var. elliptica A.Cunn. ex DC.
  • Acmena kingii G.Don
  • Acmena pendula G.Benn.
  • Acmena smithii (Poir.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
  • Acmena smithii var. minor (Maiden) Merr. & L.M.Perry
  • Acmena smithii var. smithii
  • Eugenia elliptica Sm.
  • Eugenia smithii Poir.
  • Eugenia smithii var. coriacea Domin
  • Eugenia smithii var. minor Maiden
  • Lomastelma elliptica Raf.
  • Lomastelma smithii (Poir.) J.H.Willis
  • Myrtus smithii (Poir.) Spreng.
  • Syzygium brachynemum F.Muell.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.