Elaeocarpus ferruginiflorus

Elaeocarpus ferruginiflorus is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to north-east Queensland.

It is a small to medium-sized tree, sometimes with buttress roots at the base of the trunk, elliptic to egg-shaped leaves, flowers with five white petals, and dark bluish-grey fruit.

Elaeocarpus ferruginiflorus is a tree that typically grows to a height of 8–20 m (26–66 ft), sometimes with buttress roots at the base of the trunk.

[2][3] Elaeocarpus ferruginiflorus was first formally described in 1933 by Cyril Tenison White in Contributions from the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University from material collected in on Mount Bellenden Ker.

[3] This quandong is listed as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.