Family: Elaeocarpaceae
Plant: An understorey shrub or small tree up to 10m high.
Flowers: White, pendulous and bell shaped with fringed petals and borne amongst the leaves in axillary racemes.
Flowering: October-December.
Leaves: Oblong-elliptic 5-13cm long with toothed margins, prominent net veins with domatia present. Some leaves turn red with age.
Fruit: Blue globular berry about 12mm diameter.
Habitat: In rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest.
Features: Blue berries. Prominent net veins on tough leaves. A small lump on the underside of the leaf at the junction with the leaf stem.
Name:
Elaeocarpus From Greek = olive-fruit
reticulatus From Latin = forming a network (referring to the veins on its leaves)
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Type |
Tree, Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
White |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
Many |
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Flowering Month |
10, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Berry |
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Colour |
Blue |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Medium |
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Margins |
Toothed/Serrated |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest |
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