Elaeocarpus grandis
“Blue Quandong”
TREE 20 TO 35 METRES TALLBeautiful fast growing tree forming buttress roots, whitish bark, shiny dark green foliage & white flowers in Autumn/Winter, the edible bright blue fruit attract birds, and bats. Food tree for Bright Cornelian butterfly. Popular farm forestry species.
Suitability | |
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Category | Tall Trees: 10m & Over |
Family | Elaeocarpaceae |
Aspect | Full Shade / Filtered Sun |
Soil | Adaptable, Moist |
Habitat | Sub-Tropical Rainforest |
Features | |
Bush Food Plants, Butterfly Plants, Clay Tolerant Species, Creek Species, Flying Fox Food Plants, Native Timber Trees, Rainforest Garden Plants, Rainforest Timbers | |
Localities | |
Alderley, Auchenflower, Bardon, Dorrington, Enoggera, Enoggera Catchment, Everton Park, Ferny Grove, Gaythorne, Grovely, Hill End, Indooroopilly, Ipswich area, Ironside, Ithaca, Keperra, Logan City, Milton, Mitchelton, Normanby, Oakleigh, Oxford Park, Pine Rivers, Rainworth, Rosalie, Sunshine Coast district, Toowong, Torwood |