Scientific Name: Elaeocarpus reticulatus

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  • Pronunciation:
    ee-lee-oh-CAR-pus re-tick-you-LAR-tus
  • Common Name:
    Blueberry Ash, Fairy Petticoats
  • Derivation:
    Elaeocarpus: Gr. elaia - olive. Cr. carpos - fruit reticulatus: L. reticulum - small net (refers to net-like veins on leaves)
  • Type:
    Shrub , Small Tree
  • Family:
    ELAEOCARPACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White, pale pink, Spring, early Summer
  • Fruit:
    Blue drupe
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wet and Dry Eucalypt Forest
  • Species List:
    EdingtonDr, Cooroibah, Weyba Esp, Emu Swamp, Bush food, Craft, FI Podberscek, NLTalks2010, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, NNP Parkedge/Alex, St. Teresa's, Meridan College, NNP service road, Kingfisher Bay Resort, Wooroi Palm Grove, Cooloothin Corner, Banana, Cranks Creek, Batianoff 87, Upper Yandina Creek, Boreen Point, Leslie Drive Roundabout, BHNR, TAFE, Noosa Banks, Marcus Dunes, Dandaloo, NNS Fern Track, Arthur Harrold NR, Stratford Park, NNS, Heritage Park,
Cultural Notes

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

Identification Notes

Leaf: Leaf margins closely toothed. Leaves with net-like veins. Old leaves often reddish. ||Flowers in racemes. Petals fringed. ||Fruit: bright blue. ||

Landscaping Notes

Noosa Council Preferred Species list . Dry sites. Resent water-logging. Useful for protected seaside planting.||Propagation is from seed, which is slow to germinate, or more frequently from cuttings. Fast growing and will tolerate sun or shade in a variety of soil types.||Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery|Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||