| Dicotyledon | Literature for Eucalyptus deglupta
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Myrtaceae -- The Myrtle Family | Bibliography |
| Eucalyptus deglupta | |
Common name(s): `eukalikia, gum tree, nuholani, palepiwa, kamarere, Mindanao gum |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Native to Mindanao in the Philippine Islands, Celebes, Ceram, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, New Britain, and Papua New Guinea.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Hawai`i. | |
| Habit |
Trees 35-60 m tall, bark green to yellow or red, orange, brown, and purple, smooth throughout. |
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| Leaves |
Adult leaves opposite, blades discolorous, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 10-20 cm long, 6-10 cm wide, apex apiculate, petioles 7-13 mm long. |
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| Flowers |
Flowers 3-7 in umbels arranged in terminal and axillary, paniculate inflorescences, peduncles 5-10 mm long, pedicels 4-6 mm long; buds subglobose or subclavate, 2-4 mm long and wide; operculum hemispherical, apiculate. |
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| Fruit |
Fruit hemispherical or subglobose, 3-5 mm long and wide, valves exserted. |
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