Eucalyptus cerasiformis

Eucalyptus cerasiformis

Priority Four — Rare Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species: E. cerasiformis
Binomial name
Eucalyptus cerasiformis
Brooker & Blaxell

Eucalyptus cerasiformis also known as the Cherry-fruited mallee is a eucalypt that is native to Western Australia.[1]

The mallee typically grows to a height of 2 to 3.5 metres (7 to 11 ft) and has smooth grey to brown bark.[1] The adult leaves are disjunct, glossy, grey-green, thin and concolorous. The blade has a narrow lanceolate shape and is basally tapered.[2] When the tree blooms between December and March[1] it produces a simple axillary conflorescence with seven flowered umbellasters and terete peduncles, the flowers are white or cream in colour. The fruits that develop later have a cylindrical or hemispherical or urceolate shape.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Eucalyptus cerasiformis". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. 1 2 "Eucalyptus cerasiformis Brooker & Blaxell, Nuytsia 2(4): 226 fig. 4 (1978)". Eucalink. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
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