CAT-00043
Blue quandong
Elaeocarpus angustifolius
Catalog fields
- Genus
- Elaeocarpus
- Photo
- Not recorded
- Edible
- Yes
- layout
- single
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Published
- Yes
- Food group
- Fruit
- Latin name
- Elaeocarpus angustifolius
- Fruit photo
- Not recorded
- Plant title
- Blue quandong
- Source URLs
- https://tuckerbush.com.au/blue-quandong-elaeocarpus-angustifolius/ Open source ↗
- Catalogue ID
- CAT-00043
- Mature width
- 5-8m
- Native range
- Queensland and NSW rainforest.
- Plant family
- Elaeocarpaceae
- Supplier SKU
- Not recorded
- Listing group
- Nursery-listed / regional edible
- Mature height
- 10-30m
- Native states
- NSW, QLD
- Original list
- No
- Research date
- 10/10/2026
- Research notes
- Profile enriched from botanical/nursery sources. Dimensions are unpruned regional estimates where available; missing measurements remain explicit. Seasons are regional guides and vary with climate, location, cultivar and plant maturity. Drought and cultivation guidance are qualitative garden inferences, not measured ratings.
- Evidence status
- Nursery food-use source; preparation detail review pending
- Fruiting season
- Spring reported by nursery.
- Background photo
- Not recorded
- Edible component
- Thin ripe fruit flesh
- Flowering season
- Autumn-winter reported by nursery.
- Brief description
- Large evergreen rainforest tree with conspicuous blue fruit.
- Drought tolerance
- Moderate once established.
- Preparation notes
- Use only the thin flesh of ripe blue fruit; remove the hard stone.
- Flower description
- Flower appearance not yet confirmed from the reviewed species-specific sources.
- General cultivation
- General guidance (qualitative): Suitable for a large property; allow for roots and eventual height.
- Botanical description
- Not recorded
- Other botanical names
- Not recorded
- Attracts birds and bugs
- Native bees and insects visit flowers; canopy shelters birds.
- Flora of Australia profile
- Not recorded
- Fruit type and description
- Bright blue drupes with a thin layer of edible flesh around a hard pitted stone.
- Flora of Australia citation
- Not recorded
- Flora of Australia retrieved
- Not recorded