Appearance
''Syzygium smithii'' grows as a tree to 20 m high by 5–15 m wide, with a trunk attaining a diameter of 70 cm. The largest tree was recorded at Dingo Creek Flora Reserve, south of Tenterfield, being 30 m tall and a trunk 60 cm wide.The trunk is sometimes buttressed. The bark is brown and scaled and flakes off easily. Its dark green shiny leaves are arranged oppositely on the stems, and are lanceolate or ovate and measure 2–10 by 1–3 cm. The cream-white flowers appear from October to March, occurring in panicles at the end of small branches. Berries follow on, appearing from May to August, and are oval or globular with a shallow depression at the top. They measure 0.8 to 2 cm in diameter, and range from white to maroon in colour.
A distinctive narrow leaved form with thin leaves 3–6 cm long is found along rainforest riverbanks from Sydney northwards through Queensland, and a small leaved form with leaves measuring 1.6–6 cm found in dryer rainforests from Colo Heights near Sydney north to the Bunya Mountains.
Distribution
''Syzygium smithii'' is found in rainforest from the Windsor Tableland in north-east Queensland south through New South Wales and Victoria to Wilsons Promontory. Associated trees species include bangalow palm, ironwood, black wattle, sassafras, blueberry ash, pinkwood, sweet pittosporum and kanuka.tunted coastal plants are often associated with coast banksia.
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