Elaeocarpus angustifolius
naturalizedElaeocarpaceae

Elaeocarpus angustifolius

Blue Quandong

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Elaeocarpus angustifolius is a rainforest tree in the Elaeocarpaceae family, bearing bitter edible fruit. It is commonly known as blue marble tree, and also as blue fig or blue quandong, although it is not closely related to figs. The junior synonym Elaeocarpus grandis, from a later description of the species by Ferdinand von Mueller, is also frequently found. A large tree up to 50 metres tall, usually with elaborate buttressed roots.

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Seasonality

Only 6 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 9 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 19 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 176 · GBIF 106 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 95 · GBIF 67
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 29 · GBIF 19
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 16 · GBIF 6
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 10 · GBIF 5
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 7 · GBIF 1
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 4
East Makaīwa · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 1
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honopou · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kaunala · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1