Elaeocarpus floridanus

Elaeocarpus floridanus is a species of plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae. It is a tree native to the South Pacific, from the Bismarck Archipelago to the Cook and Tubuai islands of the southwestern Pacific.^[2]

Elaeocarpus floridanus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Oxalidales
Family:	Elaeocarpaceae
Genus:	Elaeocarpus
Species:	E. floridanus
Binomial name
Elaeocarpus floridanus Hemsl. (1896)[2]
Synonyms[2]
Elaeocarpus rarotongensis Hemsl. (1896) Elaeocarpus samoensis Lauterb. (1908) Elaeocarpus tonganus Burkill (1901)

Description

Elaeocarpus floridanus is an evergreen tree, growing up to 20 metres (66 ft) tall.^[1]

Range and habitat

Elaeocarpus floridanus ranges from the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea through the Solomon Islands, Santa Cruz Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna, Tonga, Niue, Samoan Islands, and Cook Islands to the Tubuai Islands of French Polynesia.^[1][2]

It grows in lowland and montane rain forests.^[1]