Elaeocarpus floridanus, common name Polynesian Elaeocarpus 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.
Description Elaeocarpus floridanus is an evergreen tree, growing up to tall.
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.
It grows in lowland and montane rain forests.
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