Entry for EUCALYPTUS robusta Sm. [family MYRTACEAE]
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2001) Author: B Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Names
EUCALYPTUS robusta Sm. [family MYRTACEAE], Spec. Bot. New Holland: 39 (1795); T.T.C.L.: 373 (1949); U.O.P.Z.: 249, fig. (p. 250) (1949); Dale, Introd. Trees Uganda: 39 (1953); Amshoff in Fl. Gabon 11: 33 (1966); F. White in F.Z. 4: 209, t. 46/f (1978); Fl. Austral. 19: 200, fig. 64/k–l (1989); Friis in Fl. Eth. 2 (2): 92, fig. 72.6/11–12 (1996). Type: Australia, New South Wales, Port Jackson, J. White s.n. (LINN, holo., BM!, G, iso.)
Distribution
UGANDA Masaka District Masaka, 5 May 1972, Lye 6835!KENYA Nakuru District 6.5 km W of Njoro, 6 May 1975, Nightingale in E.A. 15867!TANZANIA Buha District Kasulu, Feb. 1955, Procter 355!TANZANIA U.O.P.Z.: 249 (1949) records this species from Migombani Gardens, Kizimbani and in the prison plantations in Zanzibar