Elaeodendron australe

Red olive-berry
Leaves and female flowers in Coffs Harbour Botanic Garden
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Elaeodendron
Species:
E. australe
Binomial name
Elaeodendron australe
Synonyms[1]
  • Cassine australis (Vent.) Kuntze
  • Portenschlagia australis (Vent.) Tratt.
In Yatteyattah Nature Reserve
Habit in Coffs Harbour Botanic Garden

Elaeodendron australe, commonly known as red olive-berry, red-fruited olive plum, or blush boxwood,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub or small tree with egg-shaped to oblong leaves with a wavy margin, yellowish green male and female flowers on separate plants and fleshy orange-red fruit.

  1. ^ a b "Elaeodendron australe". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference RFK was invoked but never defined (see the help page).