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Narrow leaf peppermint gum (Eucalyptus radiata)

Description

Eucalyptus radiata, commonly known as the narrow-leaved peppermint or Forth River peppermint, is a medium to tall tree to 30 m high (rarely 50 m) with persistent bark on the trunk and larger branches or persistent to smaller branches. The bark shortly fibrous ("peppermint"), grey to grey-brown, shedding in long ribbons. The branchlets are green. Adult leaves are narrow lanceolate or lanceolate, falcate, acute, basally tapered, glossy or semi-glossy, green, thin, concolorous, 7–15 cm long, 0.7–1.5 cm wide. Summer flowers are cream yellow. The species occurs in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Myrtales

            • Family: Myrtaceae

              • Genus: Eucalyptus