US Plant Patent PP5286
Syzygium paniculatum (Pearly Showers)
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 1, 2002. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP5286
- Filed
- March 1, 1982
- Granted
- September 25, 1984
- Expires
- March 1, 2002
- Inventor
- CROWE FRED
No cultivar name of record
This patent does not name the plant. Through the 1980s and early 1990s that was still common: naming every new cultivar only became standard practice as plants began to be marketed under brand names. The grant identifies this one by its number and by a written description instead.
Nothing here is missing from our records: the patent itself states no name. Where one exists we show it, and we do not invent one.
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Syzygium paniculatum, which is a periclinal chimera arising from the stump of a normal Syzygium paniculatum is presented. This new variety possesses attractively variegated leaves. Specifically, the mature leaves are a combination of medium and deep greens and have creamy white margins. The overall appearance of the mature plant is pearly when viewed from a distance. The new variety retains the upright form and drought tolerance of the parent. The leaves, prior to dropping change color and show blushes of orange and gold. Flowers are rare and fruit even rarer, usually developing without any seed.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Syzygium paniculatum, characterized as a novelty by its unusual leaf color variegation, its parthenocarpic fruit development and vigorous growth habit substantially as shown and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5286 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.