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Identification
Eucalyptus tereticornis Sm. [family MYRTACEAE ] (stored under name); Isotype of Eucalyptus umbellata Gaertn. [family MYRTACEAE ] Verified by S. Chippendale,
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Flora

Entry for EUCALYPTUS tereticornis 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 tereticornis Sm. [family MYRTACEAE], Spec. Bot. New Holland 1: 41 (1795); T.T.C.L.: 372 (1949); Dale, Introd. Trees Uganda: 40 (1953); F. White in F.Z. 4: 210, t. 47/a (1978); Fl. Austral. 19: 324, fig. 91/e–f (1988); Friis in Fl. Eth. 2 (2): 97, fig. 72.7/1–2 (1996). Type: Australia, New South Wales, Port Jackson, White s.n. (LINN, holo., BM!, iso.)
Leptospermum umbellatum Gaertn. [family MYRTACEAE], Fruct. & Sem. 1: 174, t. 35 (1788). Type: Queensland, Bay of Inlets, Banks & Solander (BM!, holo.)
Eucalyptus umbellata (Gaertn.) Domin [family MYRTACEAE], in Biblioth. Bot. 89: 467 (1928), non Dum.Cours. (1814)
Information
Tree to 50 m with white, grey or grey-blue smooth bark throughout. Juvenile leaves ovate; adult lanceolate, 10–20 cm long, 1–2.7 cm wide; petiole terete or channelled, 1.3–2.4 cm long. Umbels 7–11-flowered; peduncle terete or angular, 0.7–2.5 cm long; pedicels [2]3–10 mm long. Buds conical; operculum conical, swollen at base, 8–13 mm long, 4–6 mm wide. Calyx-tube hemispherical, 2–3 mm long, 4–6 mm wide. Fruits subglobular or ovoid, 5–7[8.5] mm long, 4–8[8.5] mm wide, with broad steeply ascending disc and 4–5 strongly exserted valves; seeds black. Fig. 10/40, p. 49 & 11/5–6.
Range
DISTR. U 1–3; K 1, 3–5; T 1–6; Z
Distribution
UGANDA Busoga District Mutai Plantation, compt 13, 5 June 1959, Kingston in F.D. 2202!KENYA Nairobi District Karura Forest Reserve, compt 15A (1909), 14 Dec. 1952, Greenway 8761!TANZANIA Arusha District Olmotonyi Forestry School, Feb. 1979, Lema 54!
Notes
Yields hard strong durable wood. Dale U543 (Uganda, Ankole District, Ibanda, Mar. 1948) is suggested by Ken Hill to be a hybrid between E. tereticornis and E. dealbata Schauer; Osmaston 2813 (Uganda, Toro District, Fort Portal) is the same.

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