WorldFloraDB - Elaeodendron australe

Characteristics

Dioecious shrub or small tree to 8 (–10) m high, glabrous. Leaves: lamina mostly 2.7–10 cm long and 0.4–5 cm wide, cuneate base, crenate margin, acute to rounded apex, coriaceous; secondary veins 4–9 pairs; petiole 4–10 mm long. Cymes axillary to leaves or cataphylls; peduncles longer in male than female; pedicels 2.5–5 mm long. Calyx unequally 4-lobed. Petals 4, broadly ovate, 2.3–2.7 mm long. Male flowers: disc 4-angled, centrally depressed, 1.6–1.8 mm wide; stamens 4, inserted on disc margin; filaments 0.7 mm long. Female flowers: disc slightly indented, 1.5–1.7 mm wide with 4 staminodes inserted on margin; ovary ovoid-conical, 2-locular; stigma entire. Exocarp thin, orange to orange-red; mesocarp fleshy; endocarp stone-like. Seed 1.

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A tall shrub or small tree. It grows 5-10 m high and spreads 3-5 m wide. The bark is dark brown and wrinkled. The young shoots are bright green and shiny. The leaves are 4-11 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. The leaves are dark green and shiny above and paler underneath. They are thick and leathery. The edges can have teeth. The flowering groups are 2-5 cm long and in the axils of leaves. The flowers are 0.4-0.6 cm across. They are greenish. Male and female flowers are separate. The fruit is fleshy with a hard stone inside. It is 1.2-1.6 cm long and oval and bright red or orange.

Life form	perennial
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Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	evergreen
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Mature width (meter)	3.0 - 5.0
Mature height (meter)	5.5 - 8.0
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in drier rainforests and moist open forest in Queensland and New South Wales in Australia. It can grow in tropical, subtropical and temperate locations. It needs a well drained soil. It is damaged by frost or drought. Adelaide Botanical Gardens. Melbourne Botanical gardens.

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Coastal and inland rainforest. Drier rainforests and their margins, often on the coast but also to elevations up to 1,000 metres.

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Uses	material medicinal wood
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Cultivation

Plants are grown from fresh seed. They take about 6 months to germinate. It can be grown from cuttings.

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