Common name: Minyon quandong
Elaeocarpus sedentarius Maynard & Crayn APNI* Synonyms: Elaeocarpus sp. Rocky Creek (G. Read AQ 562114) APNI* Elaeocarpus sp. Rocky Creek (Hunter s.n., 16 Sep 1993) APNI* Elaeocarpus sp. Minyon APNI*
Description: Medium-sized tree.
Leaves 1-foliolate, lamina elliptic to obovate, usually 7–15 cm long, 4–8 cm wide, apex acuminate, margins ± entire or shallowly crenate; lower surface glaucous and with scattered hairs, especially along veins, domatia absent; petiole 3–6 cm long.
Racemes borne amongst the leaves, few-flowered, 2–5 cm long; pedicels 2–4 mm long. Petals 5–7 mm long, each divided into c. 15 linear lobes, whitish. Stamens c. 25, shortly awned, filament longer than the anther.
Fruit globose, 20–35 mm diam., blue, stone shallowly sculptured, not grooved.
Flowering: Flowers spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in warm-temperate rainforest / Brush Box forest in the Whian Whian and Nullum forest areas; very rare.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Endangered; Commonwealth EPBC: Endangered
Text by Louisa Murray. Taxon concept: Supplement to Flora of New South Wales Volume 1, 2000.
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