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Tropical Quandong

Elaeocarpus largiflorens

Family
Elaeocarpaceae (Elaeocarp family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
NE. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Elaeocarpus largiflorens, commonly known as tropical quandong, is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a medium-sized to large tree, sometimes with buttress roots at the base of the trunk, mostly elliptic leaves and reddish-brown flowers.

Where it grows

Elaeocarpus largiflorens grows in rainforest at altitudes up to 1,200 m (3,900 ft) in north-east and central-eastern Queensland. Subspecies retinervis is restricted to the Mount Spurgeon - Mount Lewis area.

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 largiflorens 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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