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Eucalyptus raveretiana

F.Muell. (1876)

This name is accepted

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

black ironbox

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees 20–30 m tall.

Stems: Bark grayish brown, subfibrous on trunk and larger branches, white to gray and smooth above.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Adult Alternate, sometimes opposite. Blades lanceolate, 7–13 cm long, 1.2–2.5 cm wide. Apex acuminate, usually uncinate. Blades discolorous. Margins entire. Petioles 17–25 mm long. Stipules vestigial or absent.

Flowers: Flowers 3–7 in umbels arranged in terminal, compound inflorescences, peduncles 5–8 mm long, pedicels 3–5 mm long. buds ovoid, 3–4 mm long, 1–2 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; 1–2 mm long and wide; valves exserted. Seeds numerous.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Planted and apparently regenerating on East Maui.

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Maui Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Forestry

Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Fragm. 10: 99 (1876)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:957 (EM)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Eucalyptus raveretiana F.Muell. East Maui, Haleakala PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Mitchell, A.L. 60 Maui BISH 4/28/1905
2 Eucalyptus raveretiana F.Muell. east maui, haleakala PRESERVED_SPECIMEN mitchell, a.l. collector number: 60 Maui BISH 8/8/1945
3 Eucalyptus raveretiana F.Muell. haleakala PRESERVED_SPECIMEN mitchell, a.l. collector number: 60 Maui BISH 8/8/1945
4 Eucalyptus raveretiana F.Muell. Haleakala PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Mitchell, A.L. 60 Maui BISH 4/28/1905
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