Aceratium concinnum, commonly known as hard carabeen, is a species of plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae. It is native to the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia.
Description Aceratium concinnum is a tree growing up to tall, often with new shoots rising from the base of the trunk. The young branches and other parts of the plant are densely covered with soft hairs. Leaves are arranged in opposite pairs on the twigs and measure up to long and wide. The flowers are fragrant and have four or five pale green or cream fringed petals about long. The fruit is a reddish drupe about long and wide. They are hairy and contain one to three seeds.
Distribution and habitat The hard carabeen grows in rainforest from near Cooktown to around Paluma, at altitudes from sea level to about .
Conservation , this species has been assessed to be of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and by the Queensland Government under its Nature Conservation Act. The reasoning provided by the IUCN for this assessment is that the species has a large and widely distributed population and that no current or future threats are known.
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Map of herbarium collections of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium Observations of this species on iNaturalist Images of this species on Flickriver.com