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Eucalyptus populnea populnea (Eucalyptus populnea populnea)

Description

The bark is persistent on trunk and larger branches, grey with whitish patches, fibrous-flaky ('box'), smooth above, glossy, grey, shedding in short ribbons. Juvenile leaves petiolate, opposite for a few pairs then alternate, disjunct, ovate to orbiculate, dull grey-green. Adult leaves petiolate, alternate, disjunct, broad-lanceolate, elliptic, ovate or rhomboidal, 5-11 cm long, 2-7 cm wide, green, glossy, concolorous, densely reticular. Conflorescence compound; umbellasters 7-11-flowered; peduncle terete, 5-11 mm long; pedicels terete, 1-3 mm long. Buds clavate to ovoid, 3-5 mm long, 2-3 mm diam., scar present; calyptra hemispherical to conical, shorter than and as wide as hypanthium. All stamens fertile. Anthers adnate, basifixed, oblong or globoid, opening by broad lateral pores; flowers white; flowering period February-March. Fruit shortly pedicellate, hemispherical or conical, 2-4 mm long, 2-5 mm diam.; disc depressed; valves usually four and enclosed or rim-level.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Myrtales

            • Family: Myrtaceae

              • Genus: Eucalyptus