Elaeocarpus chelonimorphus Gillespie

Species

Angiosperms > Oxalidales > Elaeocarpaceae > Elaeocarpus

Characteristics

A medium sized tree 10-20 m high. It has a straight trunk about 30 cm across and is a slender tree. The leaves are oval and vary in size from 9-14 cm long by 3-6 cm wide. The flowers are small and green and 1 cm long. The sepals are yellow and the petals green. The fruit are often borne on branches or the trunk. The fruit are yellow and 2-4 cm long by 1-2 cm wide. They turn bluish or dull purple when ripe. They have a long fruit stalk 5 cm long.
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A tropical plant. It occurs in dense forest. It grows from 30-1323 m altitude in Fiji.
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Usage

The seeds are occasionally eaten raw.
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Edible flowers nuts seeds
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Distribution

Elaeocarpus chelonimorphus world distribution map, present in Fiji

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:324031-1
WFO ID wfo-0000664128
COL ID 6DZGX
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Synonyms

Elaeocarpus chelonimorphus