Английская Википедия:Elaeocarpus hylobroma

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Elaeocarpus hylobroma is species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to north-east Queensland. It is a small tree with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves with a few serrations near the tip, racemes of white flowers and dull blue, oval fruit.

Description

Elaeocarpus hylobroma is a small tree typically growing to a height of Шаблон:Cvt, often coppicing and with pinkish-red adventitious roots. The leaves are clustered near the ends of the branchlets, elliptic to egg-shaped or oblong, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide on a petiole Шаблон:Cvt long. The leaves are glossy green on the upper surface, paler below, and have between two and six serrations on the outer edges. The flowers are arranged in racemes Шаблон:Cvt long with between five and twenty flowers on pale green, sparsely hairy pedicels Шаблон:Cvt long. The flowers have five cream-coloured to white sepals Шаблон:Cvt and Шаблон:Cvt wide and five, similarly-sized white petals, the tips with between six and nine narrow triangular lobes. There are between eleven and fourteen stamens. Flowering occurs in November and the fruit is a dull blue, oval drupe with pale speckles and Шаблон:Cvt long, Шаблон:Cvt in diameter.[1][2]

Taxonomy

Elaeocarpus hylobroma was first formally described in 2012 by Yumiko Baba and Darren M. Crayn in the Kew Bulletin from specimens collected in the Dinden National Park near Mareeba in 2004.[1][3][4] The specific epithet (hylobroma) means "forest food", referring to the value of the seeds as a food source for native animals.[1]

Distribution and habitat

This species of Elaeocarpus grows in mountain rainforest at altitudes between Шаблон:Cvt in the Wet Tropics bioregion of north-east Queensland.[1][2]

Conservation status

This quandong is listed as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[5]

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