 The relationship of "Elingamita" to other genera of the Primulaceae (formerly Myrsinaceae) remains to be properly established.Discovered in 1950, "Elingamita johnsonii" takes its name from the steamer "Elingamite", which was wrecked on West Island in 1902.The natural range is currently free of rodents, but the fruit is known to be very palatable to rats.