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Elaeocarpus angustifolius Blume
Family Name: | Elaeocarpaceae |
Synonyms: | Elaeocarpus grandis, Elaeocarpus sphaericus |
Common Name: | Blue Marble Tree, Blue Fig, New Guinea Quandong, Quandong, Snowdrop Tree, Bead Tree of India, Indian Oil Fruit, Geniteri, Blue Quandong |
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Classifications and Characteristics
Plant Growth Form | Tree |
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Mode of Nutrition | Autotrophic |
Biogeography
Native Distribution | India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Australia, the Pacific Islands |
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Native Habitat | Terrestrial |
Preferred Climate Zone | Tropical |
Description and Ethnobotany
Growth Form | Fast-growing large tree with buttresses, able to grow up to about 30 - 40 m tall in its natural habitat. |
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Crown | Spreading crown, conical-shaped. |
Trunk | Bark is light grey to brown and fissured. |
Foliage | Dark green obovate-oblong to oblong-lanceolate leaves, margins serrate, measuring about 8 - 15 cm long and 2.5 - 4.5 cm wide, petiole about 1 - 1.5 cm long, old leaves become red before falling off. |
Flowers | White 5-petaled flowers borne on an axillary raceme inflorescence about 2 - 4 cm long, petals divided at the tip into 4 or 5 lobes, stamens 25 - 50 present, ovary hairy. |
Fruits | Fruit is a blue to purplish-blue globose fleshy drupe about 1.5 - 3 cm wide, contains 2 - 5 seeds. |
Habitat | Can be found in evergreen and valley rainforests. |
Etymology | Genus Elaeocarpus is from Greek words "elaia" which means "olive" and "karpos" which means "fruit" and they refer to the fruits. Species angustifolius means narrow-leaved. |
Ethnobotanical Uses | Cultural / Religious ( Aboriginals used to mixed the fresh fruits with water to make an edible paste.) |
Landscaping Features
Desirable Plant Features | Ornamental Flowers |
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Plant & Rootzone Preference - Tolerance | Moist Soils, Well-Drained Soils |
Landscape Uses | Parks & Gardens, Small Gardens |
Plant Care and Propagation
Light Preference | Full Sun |
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Water Preference | Moderate Water |
Plant Growth Rate | Moderate |
Propagation Method | Seed |
Foliar
Mature Foliage Colour(s) | Green, Red |
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Foliar Margin | Serrate / Toothed |
Foliar Apex - Tip | Acute, Obtuse |
Floral (Angiosperm)
Flower Colour(s) | White |
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Flower Grouping | Cluster / Inflorescence |
Inflorescence Type | Raceme |
Fruit, Seed and Spore
Fruit Type 1 | Fleshy Fruit |
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Others
Master ID | 1576 |
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Species ID | 2869 |
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