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Elaeocarpus kirtonii
Also called Mowbullan Whitewood, Silver Quandong, White Quandong, Whitewood, Brown Hearted Quandong, Brown Heart Quandong, Mountain Beech
Elaeocarpus kirtonii is a large rainforest tree native to eastern Australia, growing from New South Wales to tropical Queensland. It is best grown in a sheltered, moist, deep soil, as it is a big tree rather than a typical garden or houseplant.
Elaeocarpus kirtonii, commonly known as silver quandong, white quandong, brown hearted quandong, brownheart, mountain beech, Mowbullan whitewood, pigeonberry ash, white beech or whitewood, is species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a large rainforest tree with buttress roots, regularly toothed, narrow elliptic to narrow oblong leaves, racemes of white flowers and pale blue, oval fruits.
Silver quandong grows from near Milton (35° S) in New South Wales to Eungella National Park (20° S) in tropical Queensland. It grows in tropical, sub-tropical and warm temperate rainforests but is often also seen in cooler and moister sites on volcanic soils and on the richer alluvial soils.
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 kirtonii 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.
