Herbario Forestal UDBC. Herbario Forestal UDBC - Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. Herbario Forestal UDBC. Year: 2013. Contact: rpcortesb@udistrital.edu.co.
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KaliaElaeocarpaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kauai & Oahu)*Kalauao Trail, OahuInflorescence infested and deformed by witches' broom caused a mite. Flowers and fruit can be difficult to find, if at all, on this species in areas of infestation.* Apparently also recorded from Niihau in 1832nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Elaeocarpus_bifidus
[Syn., Elaeocarpus grandis]Blue Marble tree Blue Fig or Blue QuandongElaeocarpaceae (Elaeocarpus family)Native to eastern Australian (Queensland and New South Wales) and New CaledoniaOahu, Hawaii, USA (Cultivated)In Australia, the Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) are known to feed on them, which pass unharmed through the bird to be deposited and germinate in another location, thus helping to spread the range of the tree.Bitter fruit are edible to humans.
Flowers of Blueberry Ash (Elaeocarpus reticulatus) cultivated near Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Photographed on 22 November 2006.www.inaturalist.org/observations/48481633