Family: Myrtaceae
Plant: A tall tree up to 40m high with smooth bark except for fibrous to stringy bark on lower trunk. The smooth white to grey upper bark sheds in ribbons.
Buds: Club or spindle-shaped, 7-10mm long and 3-5mm diameter stalked and in clusters.
Flowers: Massed cream stamens surrounding a smooth disc, in terminal panicles.
Flowering: September-March.
Leaves: Lanceolate, 9-16cm long, 1.5-3cm wide, glossy both above and below, with close spaced veins at 45 degrees to the mid-vein.
Fruit: Hemispherical 7-11mm diameter and 6-11mm long. The disc is depressed or flat and the valves enclosed or rim level.
Habitat: In valleys and on slopes in dry sclerophyll forest..
Features: Part bark. Tall, stately tree with spreading silvery-white branches. Hemispherical fruit.
Name:
Eucalyptus From Greek eu = well and kalyptos = covered (referring to the cap covering its bud)
pilularis From Latin = little ball (referring to its fruit)
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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, 2, 3, 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 |
Tapered-tip, Aromatic |
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Bark |
Part bark, Smooth, Fibrous/Stringy |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest |
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