Elaeocarpus reticulatus, Blueberry Ash

Elaeocarpus reticulatus
“Blueberry Ash”

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TREE 3 TO 15 METRES TALLFoliage leaves to 12cm long, profuse white or pink, fringed bell-shaped flowers in Spring. Attractive edible blue berries. Frost hardy, suitable coastal areas. Attracts birds & butterflies.

Suitability
Category	Small Trees up to 10m
Family	Elaeocarpaceae
Aspect	Full Sun / Filtered Sun
Soil	Adaptable, Loam, Well-drained
Habitat	Dry Rainforest
Features
Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Plants, Dry Rainforest, Edible Fruit Plants, Fire Retardant plants, Frost Tolerant Plants, Seaside Plantings
Localities
Annerley, Archerfield, Buranda, Burbank, Carindale, Chandler, Coopers Plains, Grange, Gumdale, Hemmant, Herston, Ipswich area, Kelvin Grove, MacKenzie, Mansfield, McDowall, Moorooka, Mt Gravatt East, Murarrie, Newmarket, North Stradbroke Island, Pine Rivers, Priestdale, Queensport, Ransome, Rocklea, Salisbury, Seventeen Mile Rocks, South Stradbroke Island, Spring Hill, Stafford, Stafford Heights, Sumner, Sunshine Coast district, Tingalpa, Trinder Park, Wakerley, Wilston, Wynnum West, Yeerongpilly, Yeronga
Host Plant For These Butterflies
Bronze Flat (Netrocoryne repanda)
Fruit & Berry Food source for Birds Below
Australian King-parrot (Alisterus scapularis), Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis), Brown Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia phasianella), Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae), Common Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea), Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans), Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii), Little Lorikeet (Parvipsitta pusilla), Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus), Pacific Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps longirostris), Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina), Red-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus), Rose-crowned Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus regina), Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis), Superb Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus superbus), Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor), Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus), White-headed Pigeon (Columba leucomela), Wompoo Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus magnificus), Wonga Pigeon (Leucosarcia melanoleuca)