- Eucalyptus eudesmoides
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Mallalie Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Myrtales Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Eucalyptus Species: E. eudesmoides Binomial name Eucalyptus eudesmoides
F. Muell.Mallalie (Eucalyptus eudesmoides) is a rounded, bushy, mallee eucalypt native to Western Australia. Mature trees are usually 2–3 m high, occasionally up to 6 m. It may flower from January to May.
Distribution
Mallalie occurs coastally and subcoastally from 100 km north of Perth northwards to the Murchison River.[1]
Description
The lower bark is dark grey, shedding in strips, while the upper bark is smooth, grey-brown or green-brown. Distinctive features include small, opposite, green leaves; buds in threes; stamens in four tufts; fruit with four small teeth.[1]
References
- ^ a b Chippendale, G.M. (1973). Eucalypts of the Western Australian goldfields (and the adjacent wheatbelt). AGPS: Canberra. ISBN 0-642-00064-6
Categories:- Trees of Australia
- Rosids of Western Australia
- Myrtales of Australia
- Eucalyptus
- Mallees
- Tree stubs
- Western Australian plant stubs
- Myrtaceae stubs
- Australian rosid stubs
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