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Eucalyptus paniculata

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Identification
Isotype of Eucalyptus paniculata Sm. [family MYRTACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Eucalyptus paniculata

Flora

Entry for EUCALYPTUS paniculata Sm. [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 paniculata Sm. [family MYRTACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 3: 287 (1797); Dale, Introd. Trees Uganda: 38 (1953); F. White in F.Z. 4: 210, t. 47/c (1978); Fl. Austral. 19: 417, fig. 107/k–l (1988); Friis in Fl. Eth. 2 (2): 105, fig. 72.7/5–6 (1996). Type: Australia, New South Wales, Port Jackson, Burton s.n. (LINN, holo., BM!, iso.)
Information
Tree to 50 m with light grey rough bark throughout [deeply fissured]. Juvenile leaves ovate to broadly lanceolate; adult discolorous, lanceolate, 9.5–15 cm long, 1.2–2.4 cm wide; petiole 1.3–2.2 cm long. Umbels 7-flowered in terminal panicles and also some axillary; peduncle terete, quadrangular or flattened, 0.6–1.6[2] cm long; pedicels 4-angled, 2–10 mm long. Buds obovoid to fusiform; operculum conical, usually narrower than calyx-tube, 3–4 mm long and wide. Calyx-tube obovoid to obconical, 4–5 mm long and wide. Fruits hemispherical, obconical, obovoid or subpyriform, [5]6–8[8.5] mm long, 5–8 mm wide with obscure descending disc and 4–5 flush or included valves. Fig. 8/28, p. 41 & 11/3–4, p. 51.
Range
DISTR. U 2; K 3–5, 7; T 1–3
Distribution
UGANDA Ankole District between Rushasha and Rwanyampazi Kasari, 31 May 1970, Katende 305!KENYA Kiambu District Muguga Forest Reserve, compt 3A, 16 Dec. 1952, Greenway 8751!TANZANIA Lushoto District Korogwe District, Silviculture Nursery, 25 Jan. 1971, Ruffo 375!

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