Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition
Elaeocarpus thelmae B.Hyland & Coode
Family
Hyland, B.P.M. & Coode, M.J.E. (1984) Kew Bulletin 39: 573. Type: Qld, State Forest Reserve 144: 960m, 6 Jan. 1977, Hyland 9297; holo: K; iso: QRS.
Common name
Quandong
Stem
White or cream granular stripes in the outer blaze.
Leaves
Flowers
Fruit
Seedlings
'Durian' germination. First pair of leaves opposite, ovate to lanceolate, about 32-40 x 13-15 mm, margins serrate with fine to hair-like teeth. At the tenth leaf stage: leaf blade elliptic, apex acuminate, base attenuate, margin crenate, teeth with an aristate apex, more than 20 each side of the leaf blade, upper surface of the leaf blade hairy. Seed germination time 124 to 258 days.
Distribution and Ecology
RFK Code
766
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