Elaeocarpus angustifolius
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Elaeocarpus grandis |
Elaeocarpus angustifolius is a species of flowering plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family, bearing bitter edible fruit. It is commonly known as Blue Marble Tree, and also as Blue Fig or Blue Quandong, although it is not closely related to figs and apart from both being Eudicots hardly related at all to quandongs. The junior synonym Elaeocarpus grandis, from a later description of the species by Ferdinand von Mueller, is also frequently found.
It is found in Queensland, Australia, and New South Wales.
The fruit of this species is round and blue, between 20 and 30 mm across, and has a seed with deep convolutions in its shell.
[edit] References
- Elaeocarpus angustifolius Blume. Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- Elaeocarpus grandis F.Muell.. PlantNet. National Herbarium of New South Wales. Retrieved on January 26, 2008.
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