Elaeocarpus reticulatus

Shrub or small tree 3–10 m tall; young branches glabrescent to sparsely appressed-pubescent. Leaves alternate, 1-foliolate (see genus description), elliptic to oblong-elliptic, mostly 5–13 cm long, 1–4 cm wide, apex acute or obtuse, more or less flat, both surfaces light green (often turning red before falling), glabrous, reticulate-veined; small domatia often present at junctions of main and secondary veins; petiole 5–20 mm long, swollen near junction of lamina. Inflorescences 5–8 cm long. Flowers pendent, white, sometimes flushed with pink; pedicels to c. 10 mm long; sepals c. 8 mm long, sparsely appressed-hairy; petals c. 8 mm long, fringed or deeply lobed, more or less glabrous; stamens 13–15, anthers awned. Drupe ovoid to globose, c. 12 mm long, dark blue. Flowers Oct.–Jan.