Family: Myrtaceae
Plant: A mallee or small tree up to 15m high with characteristic ‘scribble’-covered smooth bark. The scribbles are the tunnels of moth larvae just below the surface.
Buds: Club-shaped, 3-8mm long and 4-5mm wide, stalked and in clusters.
Flowers: Massed cream stamens surrounding a smooth disc, in terminal panicles.
Flowering: August - December.
Fruit: Hemispherical or pear-shaped stalked capsule 5-7mm diameter and 4-5mm long, on a short round stalk. They have a broad reddish disc and enclosed valves.
Leaves: Lanceolate, 10-14cm long and 1-4cm wide. Dull, leathery and drooping leaves with veins at 45 degrees to the mid-vein.
Habitat: Fairly common in both heathland and dry sclerophyll forest.
Features: Scribbles on smooth white bark.
Name:
Eucalyptus From Greek eu = well and kalyptos = covered (referring to the cap covering its bud)
haemastoma From Greek haema = red and stoma = mouth (referring to the disc on its capsules)
racemosa From Latin = having racemes (referring to its flowers)
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Type |
Tree |
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Flowers |
Form |
Cluster, Irregular |
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Colour(s) |
White, Cream |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
- |
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Flowering Month |
8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Brown |
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Other Features |
Woody |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Medium |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Hard, Aromatic |
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Bark |
Smooth, Scribbly |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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