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Quandong
Quandong, quandang or quondong, is a common name for the species ''Santalum acuminatum'' (desert, sweet, Western quandong), especially its edible fruit, but may also refer to * '' Aceratium concinnum'' (highroot quandong) * '' Peripentadenia mearsii'' (buff, grey quandong) * ''Elaeocarpus angustifolius'' (blue quandong) * '' Elaeocarpus arnhemicus'' (Arnhem Land, bony quandong) * ''Elaeocarpus bancroftii'' (Kuranda quandong) * ''Elaeocarpus coorangooloo'' (brown quandong) * ''Elaeocarpus eumundi'' (eumundi, smooth-leaved quandong) * '' Elaeocarpus ferruginiflorus'' (rusty leaf quandong) * ''Elaeocarpus foveolatus'' (white, Northern quandong) * ''Elaeocarpus grandis'' (brush, blue, white quandong; quandong) * ''Elaeocarpus holopetalus'' (mountain quandong) * ''Elaeocarpus johnsonii'' (Kuranda quandong) * ''Elaeocarpus kirtonii'' (brown-hearted quandong) * ''Elaeocarpus kirtonii'' (white quandong) * '' Elaeocarpus largiflorens'' (tropical quandong) * ''Elaeocarpus obova ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santalum Acuminatum
''Santalum acuminatum'', the desert quandong, is a hemiparasitic plant in the sandalwood family, Santalaceae, (Native to Australia) which is widely dispersed throughout the central deserts and southern areas of Australia. The species, especially its edible fruit, is also commonly referred to as quandong or native peach. The use of the fruit as an exotic flavouring, one of the best known bush tucker (bush food), has led to the attempted domestication of the species. Desert quandong is an evergreen tree, its fruit can be stewed to make pie filling for quandong pies or made into a fruit juice drink. The seed (kernel) inside the tough shell can be extracted to be crushed into a paste then be used on sore gums or an oral gum boil to ease the pain. In far-west New South Wales being one of the few drought-tolerant fruit trees around, many Aboriginal communities and local Australians that know about this fruit like to grow it. Description ''Santalum acuminatum'' grows as a tall shrub, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaeocarpus Grandis
''Elaeocarpus grandis'', commonly known as caloon, white quandong, blue quandong, silver quandong, blue fig or blueberry ash, is species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a large tree with buttress roots at the base of the trunk, oblong to elliptic leaves with small teeth on the edges, racemes of greenish-white flowers and more or less spherical blue fruit. ''Elaeocarpus grandis'' was known as the extremely similar and possibly synonymous ''E. angustifolius'' in Australia from 1980 until 2010, thus numerous sources used as references for this article refer to ''E. grandis'' by that name. Before 1980 the trees were usually known as ''E. sphaericus'', an illegitimate name used for ''E. angustifolius'' at the time. Description ''Elaeocarpus grandis'' is a tree that typically grows to a height of and has buttress roots at the base of the trunk, even on smaller trees. The leaves are oblong to elliptic, mostly long, wide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaeocarpus Kirtonii
''Elaeocarpus kirtonii'', commonly known as silver quandong, white quandong, brown hearted quandong, brownheart, mountain beech, Mowbullan whitewood, pigeonberry ash, white beech or whitewood, is species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a large rainforest tree with buttress roots, regularly toothed, narrow elliptic to narrow oblong leaves, racemes of white flowers and pale blue, oval fruit. Description ''Elaeocarpus kirtonii'' is a large and often dominant tree, typically growing to a height of with a diameter of about , but sometimes to and diameter. There are buttress roots to a height of and the outer bark is silvery grey and thin, with small pustules. New growth is salmon-pink, the leaves clustered near the ends of the branchlets, narrow elliptic to narrow oblong, long and wide on a petiole long. The leaves are dull green with prominent veins, regularly spaced teeth on the edges and turn red before falling. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaeocarpus Eumundi
''Elaeocarpus eumundi'', commonly known as Eumundi quandong, or smooth-leaved quandong, is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to north-eastern Australia. It is a mid-sized tree with egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves, racemes of cream-coloured flowers and blue fruit. It grows in rainforest from the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland to north-eastern New South Wales. Description ''Elaeocarpus eumundi'' is a tree that typically grows to a height of with fibrous bark, and sometimes has buttress roots at the base of the trunk. The leaves are mostly clustered near the end of the branchlets, elliptic to egg-shaped or lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide on a petiole long. The leaves sometimes have teeth on the edges, but mostly near the tip. The midvein on the upper surface is prominent and the leaves turn yellow rather than red, as they age. The flowers are borne in groups of up to eight on hairy pedicels long. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaeocarpus Johnsonii
''Elaeocarpus johnsonii'', commonly known as Kuranda quandong or Johnson's quandong, is species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to north-east Queensland. It is a small to medium-sized tree, often with several main stems, elliptic to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, racemes of up to seven flowers, the petals with fringed lobes, and dark blue fruit. Description ''Elaeocarpus johnsonii'' is a small to medium-sized tree typically growing to a height of , often with several buttressed trunks. Young branchlets are densely covered with woolly-brownish or velvety hairs. The leaves are mostly clustered at the ends of branchlets, hairy, elliptic to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, mostly long and wide on a petiole long. The flowers are arranged in racemes long with up to seven flowers on robust pedicels long. The flowers have five narrow triangular sepals about and wide, densely hairy on the back. The five pet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaeocarpus Coorangooloo
''Elaeocarpus coorangooloo'', commonly known as brown quandong or Coorangooloo quandong, is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to north-east Queensland in Australia. It is a tree with elliptic leaves, white flowers with lobed petals, and spherical fruit. Description ''Elaeocarpus coorangooloo'' is a tree with elliptic leaves about long and wide with wavy edges. Old leaves turn red before falling. The flowers have sepals less than long and petals long with thin lobes at the tip, and there are between fifteen and twenty stamens. The fruit is a more or less spherical drupe about long and wide. Taxonomy ''Elaeocarpus coorangooloo'' was first formally described in 1917 by John Frederick Bailey and Cyril Tenison White in the ''Botany Bulletin'' of the Department of Agriculture, Queensland, from material collected bH.W. Mocattain the Atherton district. Distribution and habitat ''Elaeocarpus coorangooloo'' is endemic to north-east Queenslan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaeocarpus Williamsianus
''Elaeocarpus williamsianus'', commonly known as hairy quandong, is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of north-eastern New South Wales. It is a small tree with lance-shaped leaves, racemes of greenish-white flowers and spherical blue fruit. Description ''Elaeocarpus williamsianus'' is a tree that typically grows to a height of with a trunk diameter of up to , with creamy-brown bark but without buttress roots. Its young branchlets are densely covered with woolly, rust-coloured hairs. The leaves are lance-shaped to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide on a petiole long. The leaves sometimes have eight to ten pairs of inconspicuous teeth on the edges. The flowers are pendent, borne in leaf axils in groups of eleven to sixteen on a rachis long, each flower on a pedicel long. The flowers have five oblong to narrow triangular green sepals long and about wide. The five petals are greenish-whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaeocarpus Sericopetalus
''Elaeocarpus sericopetalus'', commonly known as hard quandong, blueberry ash, hard duandong or northern quandong, is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a tree, sometimes with buttress roots at the base of the trunk, relatively large lenticels, oblong to elliptic leaves, creamy-white flowers with five petals, and deep red to almost black fruit. Description ''Elaeocarpus sericopetalus'' is a tree that typically grows to a height of , sometimes with buttress roots and with relatively large lenticels. The leaves are more or less clustered near the ends of the branchlets, oblong to elliptic, long and wide on a petiole long. The flowers are creamy-white, borne in groups of up to eight on a rachis up to long, each flower on a pedicel long. The flowers have five egg-shaped sepals long and wide. The five petals are oblong, slightly longer than, but narrower than the sepals, sometimes with two or three notches on the end a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaeocarpus Foveolatus
''Elaeocarpus foveolatus'', commonly known as white quandong or northern quandong, is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a medium-sized tree, sometimes with buttress roots at the base of the trunk, variably-shaped leaves with serrated edges, flowers with five petals often with a few short lobes or teeth on the tip, and elliptic to oval fruit. Description ''Elaeocarpus foveolatus'' is a tree that typically grows to a height of , sometimes with buttress roots at the base of the trunk. The leaves are variable in shape, often egg-shaped with the lower end towards the base, long and wide on a hairy petiole long. The leaves often develop domatia and have wavy-toothed edges. The flowers are borne in groups of four to twelve on a rachis long, each flower on a pedicel long. The flowers have five elliptic sepals about long and wide. The five petals are elliptic to oblong, long and about wide, often with between three and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaeocarpus Ruminatus
''Elaeocarpus ruminatus'', commonly known as brown quandong, caloon or grey quandong, is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a tree with buttress roots at the base of the trunk, mostly more or less elliptic leaves, cream-coloured flowers with five petals that sometimes have a divided tip, and more or less spherical fruit. Description ''Elaeocarpus ruminatus'' is a tree that typically grows to a height of and has buttress roots at the base of the trunk. The leaves are more or less clustered near the ends of the branchlets, mostly more or less elliptic, long and wide on a petiole long. The flowers are borne in groups of up to twenty-five on a thin rachis long, each flower on a pedicel long. The flowers are cream-coloured and have five narrow egg-shaped sepals long and wide. The five petals are egg-shaped, the same length as, or shorter than the sepals, long and wide, the tip sometimes with one or two narrow tri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaeocarpus Obovatus
''Elaeocarpus obovatus'', commonly known as hard quandong, blueberry ash, whitewood, grey carabeen, freckled oliveberry or gray carrobeen, is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a tree with buttress roots at the base of the trunk, egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, racemes of white flowers, and blue, oval fruit. Description ''Elaeocarpus obovatus'' is sometimes a small tree tall, and sometimes a tall tree growing to a height of with buttress roots at the base of a trunk that is up to in diameter. The outer bark is smooth, grey and thin with corky irregularities. The leaves are arranged alternately, egg-shaped to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide on a petiole long. The edges of the leaves are wavy, scalloped or toothed and the midrib is raised on the upper and lower surfaces. The flowers are arranged in racemes of ten to twenty long, ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaeocarpus Bancroftii
''Elaeocarpus bancroftii'', commonly known as Kuranda quandong, Johnstone River almond, ebony heart, grey nut, or nut tree is a large rainforest tree in the family ''Elaeocarpaceae'' which is endemic to Queensland. It has coriaceous (thick but flexible) leaves, attractive white flowers and relatively large fruit containing an edible kernel. Description ''Elaeocarpus bancroftii'' is a large tree growing up to in height and up to DBH, and may be buttressed. It has scaly brown bark on the trunk and dense foliage. The rather stiff leaves are ovate to ovate-lanceolate in overall shape and have entire to crenate margins. The petiole is relatively long, up to , somewhat swollen at both ends, and has a velvety texture. Leaf blades measure up to long and wide, with between 5 and 8 secondary veins on either side of the rachis, or midrib. On the upper surface they are dark green and glabrous with the midrib slightly raised and secondary veins apparent, while the underside is dull gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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