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Eucalyptus saligna

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Name

Identification
Eucalyptus saligna Sm. [family MYRTACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by N.A. Todd,
Related name
  • Eucalyptus salicifolia
  • Eucalyptus grandis
  • Eucalyptus deanei
  • Eucalyptus resinifera
  • Eucalyptus saligna

Flora

Entry for EUCALYPTUS saligna 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 saligna Sm. [family MYRTACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 3: 285 (1797); Dale, Introd. Trees Uganda: 39 (1953); Jex-Blake, Gard. E. Afr. ed. 4: 243 (1957); Fl. Austral. 19: 198, fig. 64/g–h (1988); Friis in Fl. Eth. 2 (2): 91, fig. 72.20 (1996). Type: Australia, New South Wales, Port Jackson, J. White s.n. (LINN, holo., BM!, G, iso.)
Information
Tree to 55 m with white or blue-grey smooth bark save for basal 4 m or so which has grey-brown rough flaky bark. Juvenile leaves ovate to broadly lanceolate; adult discolorous, lanceolate, 9–17 cm long, 2–3 cm wide; petiole channelled, 1.5–2.5 cm long. Umbels 7–11-flowered; peduncle flattened, 0.4–1.8[2.2] cm long; pedicels absent or angular, up to 3[8] mm long. Buds fusiform or ± ovoid; operculum conical, 3–4 mm long and wide. Calyx-tube hemispherical, cylindrical or campanulate, 2–3 mm long, 3–4 mm wide. Fruits cylindrical, campanulate or subpyriform, 5–8 mm long, 4–7[8] mm wide with narrow descending disc and 3–5 exserted [or included] erect valves. Fig. 10/37.
Range
DISTR. U 3; K 4, 5; T 2, 3
Distribution
UGANDA Mbale District Sebei, N Elgon C. Forest Reserve, near Kapkweta Forest Station, 12 Jan. 1963, Styles 309!KENYA Central Kavirondo District Maseno, 18 Jan. 1953, Pudden 6!TANZANIA Arusha District Olmotonyi Forestry School, Feb. 1979, Lema 52!
Notes
A possible hybrid with E. tereticornis has been collected in Muheza District and hybrids with E. grandis are recorded from Uganda and Kenya as well as many just stated to be ‘ saligna hybrids’.

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