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Eucalyptus bridgesiana

R.T.Baker (1898)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Myrtales Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Eucalyptus

apple box

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees 12–22 m tall.

Stems: Bark gray to grayish brown, fibrous, flaky, tessellate throughout.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Adult Alternate. Blades lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, 12–20 cm long, 1.5–2.5 cm wide. Apex acuminate. Blades concolorous. Margins crenulate. Petioles 15–30 mm long. Stipules vestigial or absent.

Flowers: Flowers 7 in axillary, simple umbels, peduncles terete (cylindrical), 7–15 mm long, pedicels 2–5 mm long. buds ovoid, often apiculate, 5–7 mm long, 3–5 mm wide. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic. Calyx modified into an operculum; operculum conical. Stamens numerous, in several whorls; anthers dithecal. Ovary inferior; ovule placentation axile.

Fruit: Fruit hemispherical; 5–7 mm long; 4–7 mm wide; valves 3–4; exserted. Seeds numerous.

Ploidy: 2n = 22

Habitat: Planted extensively on Kauaʻi; Oʻahu; Molokaʻi; and Hawaiʻi; and regenerating by seed at least within the plantations.

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Naturalized
Molokai Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Forestry

Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 23: 164 (1898)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:951 (K, O, Mo, H)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Eucalyptus bridgesiana R.T.Baker West Maui, Lahaina District, Mahinahina, between Kahan Iki and Mahinahina Gulches PRESERVED_SPECIMEN H. L. Oppenheimer H110206 Maui US 11/7/2002
2 Eucalyptus bridgesiana R.T.Baker Mahinahina. Spreading from plantings on gentle slope between Kahan Iki and Mahinahina Gulches. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H110206 Maui PTBG 11/7/2002
3 Eucalyptus bridgesiana R.T.Baker West Maui, Lahaina District, Mahinahina, between Kahan Iki and Mahinahina Gulches PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H. L. H110206 Maui US 11/7/2002
4 Eucalyptus bridgesiana R.T.Baker west maui, lahaina district, mahinahina, between kahan iki and mahinahina gulches PRESERVED_SPECIMEN h. l. oppenheimer h110206 Maui US 11/7/2002
5 Eucalyptus bridgesiana R.T.Baker W Maui, Lahaina District, Honokowai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN H. L. Oppenheimer H110206 Maui HAPI 11/7/2002
6 Eucalyptus bridgesiana R.T.Baker Boundary lines at Schofield, Oahu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Atkinson, J. s.n. Oahu BISH 6/20/1952
7 Eucalyptus bridgesiana R.T.Baker boundary lines at schofield, oahu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN atkinson, j. Oahu BISH 6/20/1952
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