Australia's Wet Tropics

DSC_2179 Blue quandong (Elaeocarpus angustifolius) fruits lying on the forest floor. These large (20-30mm), bitter, edible fruit, are swallowed whole by cassowaries, wompoo pigeon and spectacled flying foxes, which pass the nut undamaged. Kuranda National Park, North Queensland *

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DSC_2179 Blue quandong (Elaeocarpus angustifolius) fruits lying on the forest floor. These large (20-30mm), bitter, edible fruit, are swallowed whole by cassowaries, wompoo pigeon and spectacled flying foxes, which pass the nut undamaged. Kuranda National Park, North Queensland *

DSC 2179 Blue quandong Elaeocarpus angustifolius bright blue fruits fruit forest floor edible cassowary food Kuranda National Park North Queensland