Scientific Name: Elaeocarpus reticulatus

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  • Pronunciation:
    ee-lee-oh-CAR-pus re-tick-you-LAR-tus
  • Common Name:
    Blueberry Ash
  • Type:
    Shrub or Small Tree
  • Family:
    ELAEOCARPACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White, pale pink fringed flowers in spring, early summer, resembling fairy petticoats.
  • Fruit:
    Blue fruit to 8mm
  • Vegetation Type:
    Eucalypt Forests - prefers moist areas
  • Species List:
    EdingtonDr, Cooroibah, Weyba Esp, Emu Swamp, Bush food, Craft, FI Podberscek, NLTalks2010, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, NNP Parkedge/Alex, St. Teresa Meridan College, NNP service road
Cultural Notes

Bush food: Scant sweet flesh eaten from seed when well ripened.||Kernels used as decoration.||

Identification Notes

Leaves toothed with net-like veins. Old leaves often reddish.

Landscaping Notes

Very ornamental shrub or small tree for urban gardens. Useful for protected seaside planting.|| Will tolerate sun or shade in a variety of soil types.| Great screening plant.