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Eucalyptus deanei

Maiden (1904)

This name is accepted

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

Deane's gum

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees 45–65 m tall.

Stems: Bark white to bluish gray, smooth throughout, or occasionally flaky at base of trunk.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Adult Alternate. Blades lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, 8–12.5 cm long, 1.7–3.5 cm wide. Apex acuminate. Blades discolorous. Margins entire. Petioles 15–20 mm long. Stipules vestigial or absent.

Flowers: Flowers 7–11 in axillary, simple umbels, peduncles 7–14 mm long, pedicels 1–5 mm long. buds clavate, 4–7 mm long, 3–4 mm wide. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic. Calyx modified into an operculum; operculum hemispherical, apiculate. Stamens numerous, in several whorls; anthers dithecal. Ovary inferior; ovules with axile placentation.

Fruit: Fruit cylindrical to campanulate; 4–6 mm long and wide; valves 3–4; exserted. Seeds numerous.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Extensively planted on Kaua'i; O'ahu; Molokai; and Hawai'i; and seeding naturally in these areas.

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Unknown
O'ahu Unknown
Molokai Unknown
Maui Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Only found in cultivation

Dispersal Agents

Forestry

Pollinators

Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 29: 471 (1904)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:953 (K, O, Mo, H); Note: exclude from checklist, no nat. spms., Apr 2025

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Eucalyptus deanei West Maui, Lahaina District, Honokahua, Betw Kahauiki and Honolua Preserved_Specimen Tree to 10m but only 10 years old and likely still growing taller; bark smooth, peeling in multi colored strips; flowers white Oppenheimer, H.L. 72003 Maui BISH 2020-07-12
2 Eucalyptus deanei Honualoa Forest Reserve Preserved_Specimen Adee, K.T. Hawaii BISH
3 Eucalyptus deanei West Maui, Lahaina District, Honokahua, Betw Kahauiki and Honolua Preserved_Specimen Tree to 10m but only 10 years old and likely still growing taller; bark smooth, peeling in multi colored strips; flowers white Oppenheimer, H.L. 72003 Maui BISH 2020-07-12
4 Eucalyptus deanei West Maui, Lahaina District, Honokahua, Betw Kahauiki and Honolua Preserved_Specimen Tree to 10m but only 10 years old and likely still growing taller; bark smooth, peeling in multi colored strips; flowers white Oppenheimer, H.L. 72003 Maui BISH 2020-07-12
5 Eucalyptus deanei Honualoa Forest Reserve Preserved_Specimen Adee, K.T. Hawaii BISH
6 Eucalyptus deanei Kiolokaa Preserved_Specimen Breithaupt, O. Hawaii BISH 1944-09-14
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