Elaeocarpaceae

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Herbarium Specimen. Specimen ID: 3681551. Field no.: UDBC-BSDATA-ESR-26. Taxon rep.: Vallea stipularis. Image quality: 1. Aspect ratio: 0.742.

Tetratheca procumbens (spreading pinkbells) flowering along the Lyell Highway, Central Highlands, Tasmania.

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

Mount Lindsay, Western Australia, Australia

Vascular Plants of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Ricasweetgum.nybg.org/osa/index.phpLos Charcos de Osawww.osaresearch.org/RA#14441

Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Vascular Plants of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Ricasweetgum.nybg.org/osa/index.phpLos Charcos de Osawww.osaresearch.org/RA#14225

Maranoa Heights, Tasmania, Australia

Vascular Plants of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Ricasweetgum.nybg.org/osa/index.phpLos Charcos de Osawww.osaresearch.org/RA#14461

Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica

In a finca west of Chingaza National Park, Colombia. It is in a garden at about 3000 meters.

Parque Nacional Alerce Andino, Chile.

[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.

Tasmania, Australia

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Flowers of Blueberry Ash (Elaeocarpus reticulatus) cultivated near Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Photographed on 22 November 2006.www.inaturalist.org/observations/48481633

Elaeocarpaceae. One of several pods called monkey combs or Peine de Mico.

Nelson Bay, New South Wales, Australia

It has interesting flat fruit.