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Eucalyptus petiolaris
Eucalyptus petiolaris (Boland) K. Rule, Muelleria 7(4): 503 (1992).
Family: Myrtaceae, Subfamily: Myrtoideae, Tribe: Eucalypteae,
Genus: Eucalyptus, Subgenus: Symphyomyrtus, Section: Adnataria
Common Name: Water Gum, Glue Gum
Distribution: South Australia, Eyre Peninsula, planted as an ornamental. Featured specimen located Kingston, Tasmania.
General Information: Small to medium tree around 15 metres
Bark: Partly or wholly rough on trunk, sometimes extending to base of larger limbs.
Leaves: Lanceolate/falcate, intramarginal vein distant from margin, oil glands intersectional, reticulation dense.
Inflorescences: Auxillary, unbranched, pendulous, 3 buds per umbel, ridges often conspicuous at base of hypanthium, scar absent.
Fruit: Pendulous, barrel-shaped, flowers white, cream, sometimes red, flowering time spring/summer.
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