Eucalyptus cladocalyx

Eucalyptus cladocalyx F. Muell.

Family: Myrtaceae, Subfamily: Myrtoideae, Tribe: Eucalypteae, Genus: Eucalyptus, Subgenus:Symphyomyrtus, Section: Sejunctae

Common Name: Sugar gum

Distribution: South Australia, Western Australia, Victoria

General Information: Featured specimen taken Tasmanian Royal Botanical Gardens. Considered an environmental weed in Western Australia and Victoria.

Leaves: Falcate to lanceolate, discolourous, side veins at an acute angle to midrib, oil glands obscure or small.

Bark: Smooth, mottled white, yellow, orange, brown, grey.

Inflorescences: Auxillary, unbranched, 7,9,11 per umbel. Buds oblong, with scar, operculum rounded, yellow/cream coloured.

Fruit: Urceolate or barrel-shaped, with vertical ribs, disc descending, valves 3 or 4 enclosed.

Source: Centre for Plant and Biodiversity Research, 2006, EUCLID - Eucalypts of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood.

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