Red Luster

Syncarpia glomulifera

(Sm.) Nied. Species

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Botanical name
Syncarpia glomulifera
Also known as
Red Luster, Red Turpentine, Turpentine, Turpentine-Tree
Family
Myrtaceae
Genus
Syncarpia
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Red Luster

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Syncarpia glomulifera but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Metrosideros glomeruliflora Metrosideros glomulifera Nania glomulifera

Others in Syncarpia

Syncarpia hillii
Red Satinay
Syncarpia glomulifera subsp. glabra
Syncarpia glomulifera subsp. glomulifera
Syncarpia verecunda

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