Eucalyptus sideroxylon

Eucalyptus sideroxylon A. Cunn. ex Woolls

Family: Myrtaceae, Genus: Eucalyptus, Subgenus: Symphyomyrtus, Section: Adnataria

Common Name: Red ironbark, Ironbark, Mugga, Black ironbark

Distribution: NSW, QLD, VIC

General Information:

Leaves: Petiolate, alternate leaves, concolorous, dull, green to blue or grey green, veins moderately to densely reticulate, island and intersectional oil glands.

Bark: Deeply furrowed black, red/rust bark.

Inflorescences: 7 buds per umbel, diamond shaped, operculum conical and/or beaked, scar absent.

Flowers: White, pink, red, yellow

Specimen: Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Hobart.

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/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?404647 (16 August 2009)

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