Elaeocarpaceae FAMILY

Elaeocarpus miegei

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Elaeocarpus miegei is an evergreen tree that can grow from 15 - 35 metres tall. The straight to crooked, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for 7 - 10 metres; up to 50cm in diameter; occasionally with buttresses[ 388 Title Guide to the Trees of Papua New Guinea Publication Author Conn. B.J. & Damas. K.Q. Website http://www.pngplants.org/PNGtrees/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An Internet site giving good descriptions of the trees of Papua New Guinea. , 41 Title Good Fruit Guide. Publication Author Hills. L. Publisher Henry Doubleday Research Ass. Year ISBN Description Very dated now, it lists a good range of fruit trees and shrubs with brief descriptions of most of them and details of where they can be obtained. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its wood, which is traded.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAustralasia - New Guinea to the Solomon Islands.

HabitatCanopy or subcanopy tree usually in dense, primary forest, often near rivers and occasionally in more open, secondary formations; at elevations up to 1,450 metres, occasionally to 2,600 metres, associated with Castonopsis at higher elevations[ 441 Title Handbooks of the Flora of Papua New Guinea Publication Author Womersley. J.S. (Editor) Publisher Melbourne University Press Year 1995 ISBN 0 522 84095 7 Description Only a part of the flora, but an excellent publication in 3 volumes. It can be downloaded from the internet. ].