Taxon:  Elaeocarpus angustifolius Blume



Summary
Genus:
Elaeocarpus
Family:
Elaeocarpaceae
Nomen number:
14940
Place of publication:
Bijdr. 120.  1825
Verified:
04/03/2019 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
7 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Elaeocarpus ganitrus Roxb. ex G. Don
Elaeocarpus grandis F. Muell.

Invalid Designation(s)
Elaeocarpus sphaericus auct. pl.
Ganitrus sphaerica auct. pl.
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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1967-. Flore de la Nouvelle Caledonie et dependances.
  3. Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
  4. Coode, M. J. E. 1984. Elaeocarpus in Australia and New Zealand. Kew Bull. 39:526.
  5. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
  6. Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
  7. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  8. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
  9. Murti, S. K. 1993. Family Elaeocarpaceae in India - Census and observations. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 17:287.
  10. Whitmore, T. C. et al., eds. 1989. Tree flora of Indonesia, Check list for Kalimantan.
  11. Womersley, J. S., ed. 1978-. Handbooks of the flora of Papua New Guinea.
  12. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishblue marbletree as Elaeocarpus grandis1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishblue quandong  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishblueberry-ash  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishblue-fig as Elaeocarpus grandis1Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
EnglishBrisbane quandong  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishbrush quandong  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
EnglishIndian oilfruit  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
EnglishNew Guinea-quandong  1Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
Englishsilver quandong  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishwhite quandong  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishwooden beggar-bead  1Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: as Elaeocarpus sphaericus
Australia (Aboriginal)quandong as Elaeocarpus grandis2Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
India (Bengali, Sanskrit)rudraksh  2Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: as Elaeocarpus sphaericus
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh  Murti, S. K. 1993. Family Elaeocarpaceae in India - Census and observations. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 17:287.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaArunachal Pradesh Murti, S. K. 1993. Family Elaeocarpaceae in India - Census and observations. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 17:287.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAssam Murti, S. K. 1993. Family Elaeocarpaceae in India - Census and observations. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 17:287.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaBihar Murti, S. K. 1993. Family Elaeocarpaceae in India - Census and observations. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 17:287.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMaharashtra Murti, S. K. 1993. Family Elaeocarpaceae in India - Census and observations. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 17:287.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaManipur Murti, S. K. 1993. Family Elaeocarpaceae in India - Census and observations. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 17:287.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaNagaland Murti, S. K. 1993. Family Elaeocarpaceae in India - Census and observations. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 17:287.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaSikkim Murti, S. K. 1993. Family Elaeocarpaceae in India - Census and observations. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 17:287.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaWest Bengal Murti, S. K. 1993. Family Elaeocarpaceae in India - Census and observations. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 17:287.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  Murti, S. K. 1993. Family Elaeocarpaceae in India - Census and observations. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 17:287.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  Murti, S. K. 1993. Family Elaeocarpaceae in India - Census and observations. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 17:287.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  Murti, S. K. 1993. Family Elaeocarpaceae in India - Census and observations. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 17:287.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  Murti, S. K. 1993. Family Elaeocarpaceae in India - Census and observations. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 17:287.
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea  Womersley, J. S., ed. 1978-. Handbooks of the flora of Papua New Guinea.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificNew Caledonia  Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1967-. Flore de la Nouvelle Caledonie et dependances.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaSingapore  Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
2CultivatedPacificNorthwestern PacificPalau  Fosberg, F. R. et al. 1979-1982. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae.
2CultivatedPacificSouthwestern PacificFiji  Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificSamoa  Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Hainan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, India [Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Maharashtra, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim, West Bengal], Nepal
  • PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory]
Pacific
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: New Caledonia
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
  • MALESIA: Singapore
Pacific
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Palau
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji
Naturalized
Pacific
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Samoa

Reference(s)
  1. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1967-. Flore de la Nouvelle Caledonie et dependances.
  2. Fosberg, F. R. et al. 1979-1982. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae.
  3. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  4. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
  5. Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
  6. Murti, S. K. 1993. Family Elaeocarpaceae in India - Census and observations. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 17:287.
  7. Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
  8. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
  9. Womersley, J. S., ed. 1978-. Handbooks of the flora of Papua New Guinea.
  10. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalrevegetatoras Elaeocarpus grandisLamb, D. & P. Lawrence. 1993. Mixed species plantation using high value rainforest trees in Australia. In: Lieth, H & M. Lohmann, eds., Restoration of tropical forest ecosystems. 102. Note: = Elaeocarpus angustifolius Blume
Materialsbeadsas Elaeocarpus sphaericusWomersley, J. S., ed. 1978-. Handbooks of the flora of Papua New Guinea. Note: as Elaeocarpus sphaericus
Materialsbeadsas Elaeocarpus sphaericusGrierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
Materialswoodtimber, as Elaeocarpus sphaericusBoutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=14940. Accessed 15 April 2026.