Elaeocarpus obovatus

Hard quandong
Elaeocarpus obovatus growing at Watagans National Park, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Elaeocarpaceae
Genus: Elaeocarpus
Species:
E. obovatus
Binomial name
Elaeocarpus obovatus
Synonyms[1]
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Leaves and immature fruit at Mount Mellum

Elaeocarpus obovatus, commonly known as hard quandong, blueberry ash, whitewood, grey carabeen, freckled oliveberry or gray carrobeen,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a tree with buttress roots at the base of the trunk, egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, racemes of white flowers, and blue, oval fruit.

  1. ^ a b "Elaeocarpus obovatus". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Elaeocarpus obovatus". Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 21 February 2021.