Elaeocarpus miegei
Elaeocarpus miegei is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is native to New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands and the Tiwi Islands of the Northern Territory. It is a tall tree with lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, whitish to cream-coloured flowers and bright blue, elliptical fruit. Description. "Elaeocarpus miegei" is a that typically grows to a height of . The leaves are leathery, lance-shaped to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, or elliptic, long and wide on a petiole long . The flowers are arranged in racemes up to long, each flower on a pedicel up to long. The four or five sepals are long, wide and the four or five petals are whitish-cream, oblong to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, about long and wide. There are between eight and fifteen stamens. Flowering occurs from January to July and the fruit is an elliptical drupe about long and wide. Taxonomy. "Elaeocarpus miegei" was first formally described in 1971 by Raymond Weibel in the journal "Candollea". Distribution and habitat. "Elaeocarpus miegei" grows in rainforest supplied by spring  water. It is found in New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands and the Tiwi Islands. Conservation status. "Elaeocarpus miegei" is listed as "critically endangered" in the Northern Territory under the Northern Territory Government Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976.