Eucalyptus eudesmoides
Mallalie | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Genus: | Eucalyptus |
Species: | E. eudesmoides |
Binomial name | |
Eucalyptus eudesmoides F. Muell. | |
Mallalie (Eucalyptus eudesmoides) is a rounded, bushy, mallee eucalypt native to Western Australia. Mature trees are usually 2–3 m high, occasionally up to 6 m. It may flower from January to May.
Distribution
Mallalie occurs coastally and subcoastally from 100 km north of Perth northwards to the Murchison River.[1] It is one of the eucalypts identified in the Eurardy Reserve [2]
Description
The lower bark is dark grey, shedding in strips, while the upper bark is smooth, grey-brown or green-brown. Distinctive features include small, opposite, green leaves; buds in threes; stamens in four tufts; fruit with four small teeth.[1]
References
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