Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Elaeodendron australe var. australe
Red olive plum
Celastraceae
Forest and along streams. Coast and ranges north from Tuross Head.
Shrub or small tree to 8 m high, hairless. Fruit fleshy. Bark dark brown with blisters, somewhat wrinkled in older trees. Leaves opposite each other or occasionally alternating up the stems, 2.7–11 cm long, 15-70 mm wide, glossy, margins scalloped or bluntly toothed, sometimes entire. Male and female flowers on different plants. Flowers green to yellowish, 5-7 mm in diameter, with 4 petals. Female flowers with stamens that do not produce pollen. Flowers in few-flowered clusters. Flowers Spring. Fruit orange-red, turning black at maturity, more or less oval, 12–24 mm long. Fruits Spring.
Was Cassine australis.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Elaeodendron~australe (accessed 13 January, 2021)
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