Elaeocarpus eumundi can reach to tall, and in trunk diameter in the wild, but is much smaller in cultivation. The outer bark is fairly smooth, grey in colour with corky bumpy irregularities. The trunk is buttressed at the base. In regular gardens it reaches 10 to 25 metres tall and spread from 3 to 6 metres in width when mature. Alternate glossy leaves are bunched together at the ends of branches. Margins bluntly toothed in the leaf's upper half, though sometimes not toothed at all. Leaves of varying shapes, often obovate, 6 to 13 cm long with a long tip and is commonly 2 to 4 cm wide. Leaf venation is conspicuous and raised on both the upper and lower surface. However, with the flowers the Sepal are about 1.4 cm long whereas the Petal are measured up to 11 x 4 mm, divided at the apex into about 17-20 lobes, 1 to 1.5 mm long. The Stamen are about 20 mm, whereas the Ovary is glabrous. Cream coloured scented flowers form on racemes between November and December. The fruit is a blue drupeegg shaped are about 1.5 x 1.1 cm in dimension and contains a rough wrinkly hard centre with one or two seeds inside it. Fruiting occurs in May to June. Like many Australian Elaeocarpus trees, germination is slow and difficult, however cuttings prove more successful.
Uses
Eumundi Quandong is well suited as an ornamental tree. It's unclear if the fruit is safe for human consumption many sources don't mention it, although this tree are cultivated for the sole purpose to attract nectar eating birds, and seed eating birds. It's grown as a wind break/ feature tree and used occasionally for timber. It is a "Beloved beautiful native quandong tree, very disease resistant and needs little maintenance. Stunning bronze new leaf colour and elegant shape make this a very attractive addition to all but the smallest of outdoor spaces. Very popular street tree, responds well to hard pruning if necessary." The “traditional” edible Quandong is the Santalum acuminatum also known as the desert quandong, this species especially its fruit, is also referred to as quandong or native peach. Other trees from the genus Elaeocarpus that have edible fruits includes: Elaeocarpus angustifolius, refer to as the Blue Quandong, and Elaeocarpus reticulatus known as the Blueberry Ash.
