Line engraving by Gerald Sibelius, after
Sydney Parkinson (1770) and Frederick
Polydore Nodder (1777).

Plate 125

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Banks Florilegium, Part 6, Plate 125

Syzygium suborbiculare (Myrtaceae)

Line engraving by Gerald Sibelius, after Sydney Parkinson (1770) and Frederick
Polydore Nodder (1777)

Joseph Banks and his party saw this species at:
Lizard Island, Australia (11 August - 12 August 1770)

This species with its broad, almost round leaves, forms large trees in coastal
areas of north-eastern Queensland, the Northern Territory and New Guinea. The
large ripe fruit was said to have been widely eaten by the Aborigines in
Queensland, who also prized the trunks for making canoes. The plant is now
commonly called white apple or lady apple tree

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