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Elaeocarpus eumundi
Also called Smooth-leaved quondong, Smooth Leaved Quandong
Eumundi quondong is a mid-sized rainforest tree from north-eastern Australia, typically 12 to 25 m tall, with blue fruit and cream flowers. It is grown mainly as a rainforest or shade tree in warm, humid subtropical gardens.
Elaeocarpus eumundi, commonly known as Eumundi quandong, or smooth-leaved quandong, is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to north-eastern Australia. It is a mid-sized tree with egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves, racemes of cream-coloured flowers and blue fruit. It grows in rainforest from the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland to north-eastern New South Wales.
This quandong is widely distributed in rainforest on Cape York Peninsula, north-eastern Queensland and central-eastern Queensland on a variety of sites at altitudes up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft). It is rare in New South Wales, occurring north from the Whian Whian State Conservation Area.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Elaeocarpus eumundi by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
