Blue Quandong

About Blue Quandong

Elaeocarpus angustifolius is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae that occurs from India to New Caledonia and northern Australia. Common synonyms are E. ganitrus and E. sphaericus. It is a large evergreen tree, often with buttress roots, and has leaves with wavy serrations, creamy white flowers and more or less spherical bright blue edible fruit. In English, the tree is known as utrasum bean tree in India. In Sri Lanka recorded names are woodenbegar and Indian bead tree. It is simply known as elaeocarpus in the Northern Territory of Australia. Other names used for this tree in Australia are Indian oil fruit and genitri. In Hawaii it (or the possible synonym E. grandis) is known as a blue marble tree.

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Plant Details

Scientific name

Elaeocarpus angustifolius

Genus

Elaeocarpus

Family

ELAEOCARPACEAE

Habit

Tree Key identification features : A tall tree (35 m.) with buttressed trunk and layered branches. Leaves turn scarlet when old, simple, alternate, oblong-elliptic, presence of shallow toothed margins. Flowers in racemes, greenish-white, bell shaped with five-fringed petals along pedicels. Fruit is a bright-blue ovoid drupe and edible

Native to

Australia

Flowering & fruiting

March-August

Local Names

Hindi

रुद्राक्ष Rudraksh, rudraksh

Nepali

रुद्राक्ष Rudraakshya

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