Lilly Pilly

Common Name:

Lilly Pilly

First Nations Name:

Galang-arra (NSW)

Scientific Name:

Syzygium Oleosum

Height:

10-15m tall

Bark:

Bark rough, prickly with protruding fibres, with horizontal ridges from leaf scars, and vertical fissures.

Leaves:

Its glossy green leaves are oval-shaped or slightly elongated, to about 12cm long and 4cm wide, with a long pointy tip.

Flowers:

The flowers are off-white, fluffy and honey-scented, about 25 mm in diameter, and are held in clusters at the ends of stems.

Fruit:

Edible blue-purple berries that are 10–25mm in diameter. They are crunchy and light with a mild sweetness.

First Nations Uses:

This fruit features widely in traditional Aboriginal medicine, used as a treatment for sore ears, wounds and skin conditions, and generally consumed as an immune system booster.