Source: Brooker, M.I.H & Kleinig, D.A. 1999, Field Guide to Eucalypts, South-eastern Australia, Vol. 1, Second Edition.
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] http://www.ars-grin.gov
Eucalyptus grandis
Eucalyptus grandis W. Hill ex Maiden
Family: Myrtaceae, Subfamily: Myrtoidaea, Tribe: Eucalypteae
Genus: Eucalyptus, Subgenus: Symphyomyrtus, Section: Latoangulatae Series:Transversae
Common Name: Flooded Gum, Rose Gum
Distribution: north QLD to SE QLD coastal ranges to Newcastle NSW.
General Information:
Bark: Smooth with rough area at base of tree, thin, flaking and fibrous.
Leaves: Adult leaves alternating, lanceolate, discolourous, glossy, penniveined with dense reticulation, obscure island oil glands.
Inflorescences: auxillary and unbranched, 7-11 flowered. Peduncles (stalk of inflorescence), flattened. Buds sessile (without stalk), or with very short stalk. Pyriform buds up to with scar. Operculum conical or slightly beaked.
Flowers: White, during April to August.
Fruit: Shortly pedicellate or sessile, obconical to cuplular, valves 4 or 5, exserted.
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