Elaeocarpus is a genus of tropical and subtropical evergreen trees and shrubs. The approximately 350 species are distributed from Madagascar in the west through India, Southeast Asia, Malesia, southern China, and Japan, through Australia to New Zealand, Fiji, and Hawaii in the east. The islands of Borneo and New Guinea have the greatest concentration of species. See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. ... A Silver Fir shoot showing three successive years of retained leaves In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant which retains its leaves year-round, with each leaf persisting for more than 12 months. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the boundary of the Indomalaya and Australasia ecozones. ... State nickname: The Aloha State Other U.S. States Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Governor Linda Lingle Official languages Hawaiian and English Area 28,337 km² (43rd)  - Land 16,649 km²  - Water 11,672 km² (41. ... Borneo (including the Kalimantan provinces of Indonesia, Sabah and Sarawak of Malaysia, and Brunei) is the third largest island in the world. ...

Species

(partial list)

• E. aberrans
• E. acrantherus
• E. acuminatus: India. Endangered.
• E. acutifidus
• E. aemulus
• E. affinis
• E. alaternoides
• E. alatus
• E. alnifolius
• E. amboinensis
• E. amoenus: Sri Lanka
• E. amplifolius
• E. angustifolius: (syn. E. grandis) Blue fig, blue marble tree, blue quandong. Queensland, Australia.
• E. apiculatus
• E. bifidus
• E. biflorus
• E. blascoi: India. Endangered.
• E. castanaefolius
• E. colnettianus
• E. coorangooloo: Queensland (Australia)
• E. coriaceus: Sri Lanka
• E. crassus: New Guinea
• E. debruynii: New Guinea
• E. eumundii
• E. floribundus
• E. ganitrus (rudraksha tree)
• E. gaussenii: Southern India. Endangered.
• E. graeffii
• E. grandiflorus
• E. grandis
• E. hartleyi: New Guinea
• E. hedyosmus: Sri Lanka
• E. hookerianus: Pokaka. New Zealand.
• E. japonicus
• E. johnsonii
• E. kaalensis
• E. kirtonii
• E. mastersii
• E. miegei: New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, Aru Islands and Melville Island.
• E. montanus: Sri Lanka
• E. moratii
• E. munronii. India. Endangered.
• E. neobritannicus: New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago
• E. oblongus
• E. obovatus
• E. obtusus
• E. petiolatus
• E. photiniaefolius. Ogasawara Islands.
• E. pruifolius. India. Endangered.
• E. recurvatus. India. Endangered.
• E. reticulatus: (syn. E. cyaneus) blueberry ash. Australia.
• E. serratus: Southern India, Sri Lanka.
• E. sphaericus
• E. stipularis
• E. subvillosus: Sri Lanka.
• E. taprobanicus: Sri Lanka.
• E. timikensis: New Guinea.
• E. tuberculatus
• E. variabilis: Southern India.
• E. valetonii
• E. venosus
• E. venustus. India. Endangered.
• E. verruculosus
• E. verticellatus
• E. viscosus
• E. whartonensis
• E. xanthodactylus
• E. zambalensis

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References

• Coode, M J E (2001). "Elaeocarpus in New Guinea - new taxa in the Debruynii subgroup of the Monocera group. Contributions to the Flora of Mt Jaya, V". Kew Bulletin, Kew, United Kingdom.
• Red Data Book of Indian Plants. Botanical Survey of India.
• Zmarzty, Sue (2001). "Revision of Elaeocarpus (Elaeocarpaceae) section Elaeocarpus in southern India and Sri Lanka" Kew Bulletin, Kew, United Kingdom.