Lily May Perry

Cloves are the aromatic flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae, Syzygium aromaticum. They are native to the Maluku Islands, or Moluccas, in Indonesia, and are commonly used as a spice, flavoring, or fragrance in consumer products, such as toothpaste, soaps, or cosmetics. Cloves are available throughout the year owing to different harvest seasons across various countries.

Syzygium malaccense is a species of flowering tree native to tropical Asia and Australia. It was cultivated from prehistoric times by the Austronesian peoples and introduced deliberately to remote Oceania as canoe plants. In modern times, it has been introduced throughout the tropics, including the Caribbean. The ripe fruit is edible but with little flavor.

Syzygium samarangense is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae, native to an area that includes the Greater Sunda Islands, Malay Peninsula, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but introduced in prehistoric times to a wider area and now widely cultivated in the tropics. Common names in English include wax apple, Java apple, Semarang rose-apple, and wax jambu.

Syzygium antisepticum, or shore eugenia, is native to the floristic region of Malesia.

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Syzygium fibrosum is a species of trees native to rainforest, monsoon forest and gallery forest of New Guinea, and northern Australia. Common names include small red apple, (Bamaga) fibrous satinash and apricot satinash.

Aglaia cremea is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.

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Syzygium suborbiculare, the red bush apple or lady apple, is a shrub or small understorey tree native to northern Australia and New Guinea.

Syzygium phaeophyllum is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to Fiji.

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Syzygium fijiense is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to Fiji.

Syzygium diffusum is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to Fiji.

Mastixiodendron stoddardii is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Kajewskiella is a genus of plants in the family Rubiaceae, endemic to the Solomon Islands.

Guioa oligotricha is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae. It is found in New Guinea.

Guioa melanopoda is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae. It is endemic to West Papua (Indonesia).

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Syzygium tierneyanum, commonly known as river cherry, water cherry, or Bamaga satinash, is a tree in the family Myrtaceae which is native to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and north east Queensland. It often grows along watercourses where it is a facultative rheophyte.

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Syzygium puberulum, commonly known as white satinash or downy satinash, is a plant in the family Myrtaceae which is native to rainforests of Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, and Papua New Guinea. It was first described in 1942.

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Syzygium amplifolium is a species of plants in the family Myrtaceae endemic to Fiji. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Pandanus brosimos, the wild karuka, is a species of tree in the family Pandanaceae, endemic to New Guinea. Along with Pandanus julianettii, it is widely harvested in New Guinea as a traditional food source. Many local ethnic groups make use of pandanus languages (a special avoidance language) when harvesting the nuts. It was first formally described by Elmer Drew Merrill and Lily May Perry in 1940.

Nymphaea macrosperma is an aquatic annual or perennial flowering plant in the family Nymphaeaceae. It is native to Australia and New Guinea.

Myrmecodia brassii is a myrmecophilous (ant-loving) epiphytic, or sometimes terrestrial plant in the gardenia family Rubiaceae native to New Guinea. The species was described in 1945 by Merrill and Perry. The type specimen was collected by Australian-American botanist Leonard John Brass at Lake Habbema on his 1938–39 expedition to New Guinea. The species is named after Brass.

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Freycinetia percostata, commonly known as climbing pandan, is a plant in the family Pandanaceae native to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and the Northern Territory and Queensland in Australia. It is a root climber with stems up to a maximum of 3 cm (1.2 in) diameter. Leaves are long and narrow with parallel venation, and are arranged in closely packed spirals. Auricles are present at the leaf base and the margins are finely toothed. The species is dioecious, meaning that pistillate (functionally female) and staminate (functionally male) flowers are borne on separate plants. Inflorescences

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