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Elaeocarpus inopinatus

Elaeocarpus inopinatus
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0
Family
Elaeocarpaceae (Elaeocarp family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Borneo (Sabah)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Elaeocarpus inopinatus is a species of flowering plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family. It is a tree endemic to Borneo where it is confined to Sabah.

Where it grows

Elaeocarpus inopinatus is known only from Marai Parai, a plateau on the northwestern side of Mount Kinabalu. It grows in scrubby forest over ultramafic rock between 1,500 and 1,700 meters (4,900 and 5,600 ft) elevation. The species' estimated area of occupancy (AOO) and extent of occurrence (EOO) are both 4 km2 (1.5 sq mi).

Other Elaeocarpus plants

Elaeocarpus achmadii · Elaeocarpus acmosepalus · Elaeocarpus amoenus · Blue Quandong · Elaeocarpus arnhemicus · Kuranda quandong · Kalia · Rudrakhsa Tree · Bois dentelle · Elaeocarpus brigittae · Elaeocarpus calomala · Elaeocarpus carbinensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Elaeocarpus inopinatus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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