Elaeocarpus
Blue marble tree · also Ceylon olive, Blue fig, Blue quandong
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Elaeocarpus is a genus of trees known for their high crowns and often buttressed roots. Species like the Blue Marble Tree have iridescent blue fruit, while the Ceylon Olive produces edible drupes. They are generally evergreen, drought-tolerant, and attract wildlife.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 4270.28%5.8 yr12 in
Traits
- Form
- Broadleaf
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 25–70 ft
- Canopy spread
- 30–40 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Soil
- Well-drained
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Jun, Jul, Aug
Trunk diameters across every city: median 12 in, mean 12 in, 90th percentile 24 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- Central Range Papuan montane rain forests
- Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests
- Northern New Guinea montane rain forests
- Southern New Guinea freshwater swamp forests
- Southern New Guinea lowland rain forests
- Sulawesi lowland rain forests
- Sulawesi montane rain forests
- Myanmar coastal rain forests
- Sri Lanka lowland rain forests
- Sri Lanka montane rain forests
Mangroves
- New Guinea mangroves
Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
- Sri Lanka dry-zone dry evergreen forests
Tropical & Subtropical Coniferous Forests
- Northeast India-Myanmar pine forests
Other Elaeocarpus in the catalogue
5 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
