Elaeocarpus foveolatus (Elaeocarpaceae)

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In my opinion, Elaeocarpus foveolatus is one of the most beautiful Quandongs or Elaeocarps I know of, and probably also the most distinctive, but perhaps only because I have seen a lot of it in one place in the highlands of Paluma. It is supposedly a very variable species and could use a bit of molecular examination.

In those I have seen, the underside of the leaves are almost golden from hairs, and there are cavernous structures known botanically as foveoles at the vein-midrib intersections.

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The flowers seem rather different compared to those with long-ish petals more typical of other species of Elaeocarpus, and on the overall they have a creamy colour.

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About David Tng

I am David Tng, a hedonistic botanizer who pursues plants with a fervour. I chase the opportunity to delve into various aspects of the study of plants. I have spent untold hours staring at mosses and allied plants, taking picture of pollen, culturing orchids in clean cabinets, counting tree rings, monitoring plant flowering times, etc. I am currently engrossed in the study of plant ecology (a grand excuse to see 'anything I can). Sometimes I think of myself as a shadow taxonomist, a sentimental ecologist, and a spiritual environmentalist - but at the very root of it all, a "plant whisperer"!
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