Elaeocarpus kambi

Gibbs

Kambi

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is edible.

A tropical plant. In Fiji it grows in dense forest between 800-970 m altitude.

Fiji*, Pacific,

Countries: Australia, Fiji, Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Samoa

A tree. It grows 26-30 m tall. The crown is round and spreading. The trunk is 60 cm across. The flowers have green and white sepals and white petals.

There are about 360 Elaeocarpus species mostly in the tropics.

References (2)

Walter, A. & Sam C., 2002, Fruits of Oceania. ACIAR Monograph No. 85. Canberra. p 279
Smith, A.C., 1981, Flora Vitiensis Nova: A New flora of Fiji, Hawai Botanical Gardens, USA Vol 2 p 362