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Eucalyptus grandis

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Identification
Eucalyptus grandis W.Hill [family MYRTACEAE ] (stored under name); Eucalyptus saligna Sm. [family MYRTACEAE ] Verified by Chippendale, G.M., Eucalyptus resinifera Sm. [family MYRTACEAE ] Verified by Chippendale, G.M.,
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  • Eucalyptus grandis
  • Eucalyptus resinifera
  • Eucalyptus saligna

Flora

Entry for EUCALYPTUS grandis W. Hill [family MYRTACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2001) Author: B Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Names
EUCALYPTUS grandis W. Hill [family MYRTACEAE], Cat. Nat. Industr. Prod. Queensland (London Exhib.): 25 (1862) (not seen); Dale, Introd. Trees Uganda: 37 (1953); F. White in F.Z. 4: 209, t. 46/d (1978); Fl. Austral. 19: 198, fig. 64/e–f (1988); Friis in Fl. Eth. 2 (2): 91, fig. 72.6/7–8 (1996). Type: Australia, New South Wales, Hill 74 (K!, ? holo.)
Information
Tree to 55 m with white, grey-white or blue-green smooth bark except for basal 4 m which has some rough flaky bark. Juvenile leaves ovate, adult lanceolate, 10–16 cm long, 2–3 cm wide; petiole channelled, 1.5–2 cm long. Umbels 7–11-flowered; peduncle flattened, 0.8–1.8 cm long; pedicels absent or angular, up to 3 mm long. Buds ovoid or broadly fusiform [glaucous]; operculum conical or slightly rostrate, 3–4 mm long, 4–5 mm wide [usually shorter than calyx-tube]. Calyx-tube obconical to campanulate, 3–4 mm long, 4–5 mm wide. Fruits subpyriform [cylindric-conic], 5–8 mm long, 4–7 mm wide with narrow level or descending disc and 4–5[6] scarcely exserted [or flush] incurved [match-like] valves [contracted at mouth]. Fig. 7/17, p. 38.
Range
DISTR. U 1?, 3, 4; K 4, 5; T 2–4, 7
Distribution
UGANDA Mengo District Namanve Plantations compt 13, 28 Apr. 1959, Hughes 352!KENYA Kisumu-Londiani District Londiani Forest Nursery, 10 Feb. 1953, Pudden 12 (EA)TANZANIA Iringa District Lugoda tea estate, 10 May 1968, Renvoize & Abdallah 2091!KENYA Machakos District 5.5 km N of Nunguni, Kithemba Village, 10 May 1968, Mwangangi 912!
Notes
An important timber tree with wood resistant to borers. Hybrids said to be with E. tereticornis, E. botryoides and E. camaldulensis have been reported from several places.

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