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Elaeocarpus angustifolius

COMMON NAME

Blue Marble Tree

TYPE

Tree

FAMILY

Elaeocarpaceae

NOTES

An evergreen tree with a thin, open canopy.  The bole is prominently buttressed, even in small trees.  A sacred tree in India, where its seeds are commonly used as beads to make rosaries, the seeds are also used for buttons etc.

GEOGRAPHIC REGION

Eastern Asia

NATIVE HABITAT

Evergreen pluvial rainforest

WEB SOURCES

wikipedia.org

tropical.theferns.info

monaconatureencyclopedia.com



Elaeocarpus angustifolius