US Plant Patent PP17611

Monproud

Elaeocarpus plant named ‘Monproud’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 12, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP17611
Filed: October 12, 2005
Granted: April 17, 2007
Expires: October 12, 2025
Assignee: MONROVIA GROWERS
Inventor: PROUD ANDREW SCOTT

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Elaeocarpus plant named ‘Monproud’, characterized by its upright, columnar and compact plant habit; relatively slow growth rate; short internodes and relatively small leaves; dense and bushy plant form; and elliptically-shaped, undulate and twisting leaves that are initially bronzed green in color becoming dark green with development.

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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Elaeocarpus plant named ‘Monproud’, as illustrated and described.

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