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Post  Kevin S - Wisco Bonsai Thu Dec 15, 2016 6:23 pm

i won this tropical grouping in a raffle and the donator did not recall what it is that he had donated  Razz

so IBC to the rescue - i hope

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Post  gpdno Sat Dec 17, 2016 1:00 pm

Kevin,

My first though is Jaboticaba.  It's hard to see from the close-up photo, jaboticaba have opposite leaves.  They do make nice bonsai and fruit directly on the old wood.

Greg

There are some photos of one that I bought from a nursery awhile back.
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Post  Kevin S - Wisco Bonsai Sat Dec 17, 2016 7:18 pm

thank greg... for some reason i dont thinks it a Jaboticaba as one of our AAC guys has one and he was unable to id this tree...

i also realize i posted 2 of the same pics rather than a third view as i intended...
here is the other intended pic:

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Post  Kevin S - Wisco Bonsai Tue Dec 20, 2016 6:24 pm

huh... i thought this would maybe be an easy one for some of our tropical zone members scratch
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Post  leatherback Wed Dec 21, 2016 6:52 am

tropical you said?
I would have ventured into the "is it a ligustrum" domain..
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Post  Kevin S - Wisco Bonsai Sat Dec 24, 2016 6:02 pm

well the donator said that was the one thing he was sure of...
that it is a tropical...
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Post  Kevin S - Wisco Bonsai Mon Dec 26, 2016 7:00 pm

australian brush cherry

eugenia myrtifolia

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Post  LanceMac10 Mon Dec 26, 2016 7:26 pm

That's what I thought, because of the redness of the new shoots. The bark seemed a little too smooth, at first glance. I had a couple years ago that developed furrowed bark fairly quickly. Not much of an ability to ID too much with any degree of accuracy.

At least now you know!! drunken lol! lol!
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Post  Kevin S - Wisco Bonsai Tue Dec 27, 2016 8:18 pm

yeah lance... mine is beginning to get some gnar to the trunks...
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Post  M. Frary Sat Dec 31, 2016 6:08 am

kevin stoeveken wrote:well the donator said that was the one thing he was sure of...
that it is a tropical...
Equatorial fiemina.

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Post  Kevin S - Wisco Bonsai Sat Dec 31, 2016 11:32 pm

fiemina... foemina... hassenfeffer incorporated...
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Post  Andre Beaurain Sat Jan 07, 2017 9:30 am

Syzygium paniculatum, the correct name for your nice little tropical bush.....

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Post  Kevin S - Wisco Bonsai Mon Jan 09, 2017 12:36 pm

well, thank you for that andre !
but with a max height (in the wild) of 30-50', thats one helluva "bush" ! Wink


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The magenta lilly pilly (Syzygium paniculatum, syn. Eugenia paniculata), also known by the common name magenta cherry, is a broad dense bushy rainforest tree native to New South Wales. It grows to a height of 15 m with trunk diameter up to 35 cm. Leaves are 3–9 cm long, opposite, simple and slightly obovate, tapering at the leaf base. The leaves are dark glossy above, and paler below. White flowers are produced in clusters. The edible fruit is usually magenta, but can be white, pink or purple.[3]

It is commonly cultivated in eastern Australia and elsewhere. Well known as an edible wild fruit with a pleasantly sour apple-like flavour. It is eaten fresh or cooked into jams.[4]

It is commonly confused with Syzygium australe, brush cherry.
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so now i wonder though if you meant syzygium australe ?

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Syzygium australe, with many common names that include brush cherry,[1] scrub cherry,[1] creek lilly-pilly,[1] creek satinash,[1] and watergum,[1] is a rainforest tree native to eastern Australia. It can attain a height of up to 35 m with a trunk diameter of 60 cm. In cultivation, this species is usually a small to medium-sized tree with a maximum height of only 18m
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i like the common name of watergum... almost as cool sounding as spekboom
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Post  M. Frary Wed Jan 18, 2017 1:27 pm

Spekboom sounds like a very small explosion.

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