Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition
Elaeocarpus grahamii F.Muell.
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Leaves and Flowers. © CSIRO
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Flowers. © CSIRO
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Fruit, side views and endocarp. © W. T. Cooper
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Scale bar 10mm. © CSIRO
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Cotyledon stage, epigeal germination. © CSIRO
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10th leaf stage. © CSIRO
Family
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1877) Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 10: 3. Type: Ad flumen Daintrees River 1875; Fitzalan; holo: MEL (?), iso: BRI, K. Fide Coode (1984).
Common name
Quandong
Stem
Often a multistemmed and poorly formed tree. Fine vertical stripes often visible in the outer blaze.
Leaves
Flowers
Fruit
Seedlings
Cotyledons narrowly elliptic, about 15-17 x 4-5 mm. First pair of leaves ovate, apex acuminate, base cuneate, margins serrate. At the tenth leaf stage: leaves elliptic, apex acuminate, base attenuate or cuneate, margin irregularly serrate; petiole and midrib hairy on both the upper and lower surfaces. Stipules triangular, about 2 mm long. Seed germination time 105 to 754 days.
Distribution and Ecology
RFK Code
357
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