Eucalyptus ligustrina (Eucalyptus ligustrina)
Description
A small tree,occasionally a mallee.Mostly less than ten metres tall,though occasionally to 20 metres high.Stringy type bark,rough and thick,somewhat loose and criss-crossed.Grey over reddish brown.Juvenile leaves are ovate with short stems,opposite on the stem.4 cm long,2 cm wide.Adult leaves alternate on the stem,elliptic,curved or broad lanceolate,4 to 8 cm long,0.7 to 1.3 cm wide.Glossy,with stiff hairs.Different coloured greens above and below the leaf.Flowering occurs in May and June.Gumnuts are typical for stringybarks,being stalk-less and crowded together 0.5 cm in diameter with three or four valves.
Taxonomic tree
-
Domain: Eukarya
-
-
Kingdom: Plantae
-
-
Phylum:
-
-
Class: Magnoliopsida
-
-
Order: Myrtales
-
-
Family: Myrtaceae
-
-
Genus: Eucalyptus
-
-
-
-
-
-
