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''Aceratium'' is a genus of about 20 species of trees and shrubs of eastern
Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...
and
Australasia Australasia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising Australia, New Zealand (overlapping with Polynesia), and sometimes including New Guinea and surrounding islands (overlapping with Melanesia). The term is used in a number of different context ...
from the family
Elaeocarpaceae Elaeocarpaceae is a family of flowering plants. The family contains approximately 615 species of trees and shrubs in 12 genera."Elaeocarpaceae" In: Klaus Kubitzki (ed.). ''The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants'' vol. VI. Springer-Verlag: Ber ...
. In Australia, they are commonly known as carabeens. They grow naturally in rainforests, as large shrubs to understorey trees and large trees. They grow naturally in
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, the centre of diversity, in
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, New Ireland,
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,
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,
Moluccas The Maluku Islands ( ; , ) or the Moluccas ( ; ) are an archipelago in the eastern part of Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located in West Melanesi ...
, and in Australia, where botanists have formally described five species
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to the Wet Tropics rainforests of northeastern
Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
. Some species have uses for their fruits as food and, although not yet well known, some have popularity in cultivation, for example in Brisbane.


Selected species

* '' Aceratium archboldianum'' – New Guinea * '' Aceratium braithwaitei'' – New Guinea * '' Aceratium brassii'' – New Guinea * '' Aceratium concinnum'' – Qld, Australia * '' Aceratium doggrellii'' – Qld, Australia * '' Aceratium ferrugineum'' – Qld, Australia * '' Aceratium ledermannii'' – New Guinea, New Britain * '' Aceratium megalospermum'' – Qld, Australia * '' Aceratium muellerianum'' – New Guinea * '' Aceratium oppositifolium'' – Sulawesi, Moluccas, New Guinea region: Kai Islands through to the Santa Cruz group, New Britain, New Ireland, Solomon Islands * '' Aceratium pachypetalum'' – W New Guinea * '' Aceratium parvifolium'' – New Guinea * '' Aceratium pittosporoides'' ; Syn: ''A. breviflorum'' – New Guinea * '' Aceratium sericeum'' – W New Guinea * '' Aceratium sericoleopsis'' – Qld, Australia * '' Aceratium sinuatum'' – New Guinea * '' Aceratium sphaerocarpum'' ; Syn: ''A. erythrocarpum'' – New Guinea * '' Aceratium tomentosum'' – New Guinea


References

Flora of Papua New Guinea Flora of Queensland Flora of Vanuatu Flora of Malesia Elaeocarpaceae genera {{Australia-rosid-stub