Source: CPBR, 2006, EUCLID, CSIRO Publishing, Canberra.
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database], National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov
Corymbia ficifolia (F. Muell.) K. D. Hill & L. A. S. Johnson
Family: Myrtaceae, Subfamily: Myrtoideae, Tribe: Eucalypteae, Genus: Corymbia
Common Name: Red-flowering Gum
Distribution: Native to south-east Perth region of Western Australia, however widely cultivated. Specimen featured was photographed in Tasmania in April.
General Information:
Leaves: Adult leaves alternate, ovate to broad lanceolate, discolourous, dull to slightly glossy, reticulation very dense, intramarginal vein present and close to leaf margin, oil glands obsure, absent island.
Bark: Rough to small branches, fibrous
Fruit: Urn-shaped, disc vertically descending, valves 3 or 4.
Inflorescences: terminal, peduncles 1.5–3.2 cm long; buds 7, without scar. Flowers bright red, pink or orange during Jan, - May and September.
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