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Sighting 4674486

Elaeocarpus reticulatus

Blueberry Ash, Fairy Petticoats at Mogo Creek, NSW

Elaeocarpus reticulatus at Mogo Creek, NSW - 8 Jun 2025 03:50 PM
Elaeocarpus reticulatus at Mogo Creek, NSW - 8 Jun 2025 03:50 PM
Elaeocarpus reticulatus at Mogo Creek, NSW - 8 Jun 2025 03:50 PM
Elaeocarpus reticulatus at Mogo Creek, NSW - 8 Jun 2025 03:50 PM
Elaeocarpus reticulatus at Mogo Creek, NSW - 8 Jun 2025 03:50 PM
Elaeocarpus reticulatus at Mogo Creek, NSW - 8 Jun 2025 03:50 PM
Elaeocarpus reticulatus at Mogo Creek, NSW - 8 Jun 2025 03:50 PM
Elaeocarpus reticulatus at Mogo Creek, NSW - 8 Jun 2025 03:50 PM
Elaeocarpus reticulatus at Mogo Creek, NSW - 8 Jun 2025 03:50 PM
Elaeocarpus reticulatus at Mogo Creek, NSW - 8 Jun 2025 03:50 PM
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Elaeocarpus reticulatus 9 Jun 2025 JasonPStewartNMsnc2016
Elaeocarpus reticulatus 9 Jun 2025 JasonPStewartNMsnc2016
Elaeocarpus reticulatus 9 Jun 2025 MartinPredavec

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See observation https://hunter.naturemapr.org/sightings/4674164 for another nearby individual.

4 comments

JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:
   9 Jun 2025
Photograph 1 : clear pulvini !

Also:

• Leaves and petioles and stems appear hairy.
The Flora of NSW botanical key couplet 2 second line, does state: " Mature leaves glabrous, or almost so, on both surfaces, **sometimes young leaves hairy** " .

• Some petioles longer, compared to the proportions of this plant's stem and leaves',
than the previous sighting i commented much on.
Approaching or reaching 10 mm in length or more ?
(Obviously less than 20 mm long petioles –> _Elaeocarpus kirtonii_ ) .

• Leaves' margins serrations each really small and in general not distinctly serrated IMHO .

• Leaves, many shown have well more than 9 secondary veins per each side of each leaf, circa 12–13–14
(i haven't counted any yet with 15 or more
– which would point to _Elaeocarpus kirtonii_ which i am familiar with from the Illawarra and which looks so much more different again) .

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JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:
   9 Jun 2025
Happy to confirm this sighting: _Elaeocarpus reticulatus_ .

Even if this has any features suggesting a little genes introgression from other species, as appears a little here,
it looks a small minority.
MartinPredavec wrote:
   9 Jun 2025
I forgot to add some measurements.

Petioles: 8-10mm
Leaf length: 10-13cm
Leaf width: 3 cm

I'd say no hairs. The leaf margin serration is small, but clear (see new picture added).
JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:
   9 Jun 2025
Thank you.

Clear enough identification !

Photographs 4 primarily and photograph 1, originals downloaded and viewed at their full resolution show hairs on the leaves undersides, especially mid-ribs.
Yet not anywhere near as hairy as the usually hairy leaves' undersides of trees of _Elaeocarpus holopetalus_ .

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