Eucalyptus cordata

Eucalyptus cordata

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

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

 

Eucalyptus cordata

Eucalyptus cordata Labill.

Family: Myrtaceae, Subfamily: Myrtoideae, Tribe: Eucalypteae,

Genus: Eucalyptus, Subgenus: Symphyomyrtus, Section: Maidenaria

Common Name: Heart-leaved silver gum, Silver dollar Eucalyptus

Distribution: Endemic to Tasmania, mountains of central plateau, south and south-east Tas., sea level to 750 metres.

General Information: Of economic importance for tannin/ dyestuff

Bark: Smooth, greenish yellow, white, brown

Leaves: Glaucous, edges crenulate, oil glands island or intersectional, veination is moderate to dense.

Inflorescences: Three buds per umbel, usually sessile, glaucous, operculum beaked, scar present.

Fruit: The fruits are usually sessile, in groups of 3 and cup shaped.Eucalyptus cordata

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