This native tree
is commonly known as
hard quandong.
Elaeocarpus obovatus subsp. obovatus
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Elaeocarpaceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Domatia on the underside of some leaves in the vein angles.
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 46 Fraser Coast localities: Dundathu, River Heads, Craignish, Dundowran Beach, Booral, Wondunna, Urraween, Torquay, Aldershot, Duckinwilla, Nikenbah, K'gari, Dundowran, Howard, Yengarie, Kawungan, Burrum Heads, Kanigan, Glenwood, Pialba, Mount Urah, Toogoom, Granville, Bidwill, Yerra, Gigoomgan, Glenorchy, Bauple, Paterson, Teddington, Maryborough, Tinana, Poona, Talegalla Weir, Magnolia, Tinnanbar, Malarga, Tuan Forest, Takura, Owanyilla, Doongul, Eli Waters, St Mary, Tinana South, Urangan, Tiaro.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
