Family: Myrtaceae
Plant: A medium tree up to 20m high with rough grey bark on trunk and lower branches and smooth upper branches. The smooth white to grey upper bark sheds in ribbons.
Buds: Ovoid or spindle-shaped, 4-8mm long and 2-3mm diameter with a small cap, stalked and in clusters.
Flowers: Massed cream stamens surrounding a smooth disc, in terminal panicles.
Flowering: November-January.
Fruit: Globular 6-7mm diameter and 6-8mm long with a depressed disc and an enclosed valve. The fruit is stalked and in dense clusters.
Leaves: Lanceolate to broad lanceolate, 10-14cm long and 1-3cm wide, dull grey-green on both sides with irregular veins and a strong peppermint smell.
Habitat: In valleys and on slopes in dry sclerophyll forest.
Features: Rough bark on trunk and lower branches. Small globular fruit. A strong peppermint smell to leaves.
Name:
Eucalyptus From Greek eu = well and kalyptos = covered (referring to the cap covering its bud)
piperita From Latin = pepper (referring to it being similar to the European Peppermint)
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Type |
Tree |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
White, Cream |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
- |
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Flowering Month |
1, 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 |
Tapered-tip, Aromatic |
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Bark |
Part bark, Rough/Furrowed, Smooth |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest |
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