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Eucalyptus botryoides

Sm. (1797)

This name is accepted

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

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees 30–40 m tall.

Stems: Bark brown to brownish gray, fibrous on trunk and larger branches, the smaller branches white to gray, smooth.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Adult Alternate. Blades broadly lanceolate, 10–16 cm long, 2.5–4 cm wide. Apex acuminate. Blades discolorous. Margins entire. Petioles 20–30 mm long. Stipules vestigial or absent.

Flowers: Flowers 7–11 in axillary, simple umbels, peduncles broadly flattened, 7–15 mm long, pedicels 0–3 mm long. buds subcylindrical, clavate, or ovoid, 7–11 mm long, 4–5 mm wide. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic. Calyx modified into an operculum; operculum conical or hemispherical. Stamens numerous, in several whorls; anthers dithecal. Ovary inferior; ovule placentation axile.

Fruit: Fruit cylindrical; 7–12 mm long; 5–9 mm wide; valves 3–4; level or included. Seeds numerous.

Ploidy: 2n = 22

Habitat: Extensively planted on Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi; and seeding naturally in these areas.

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Unknown
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Lana'i Only found in cultivation
Maui Potentially naturalizing
Hawai'i Only found in cultivation

Dispersal Agents

Forestry

Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Trans. Linn. Soc. London 3: 286 (1797)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:951 (K, H); Oppenheimer 2003:15 (WM); Staples & Herbst 2005:420 (KEY, DESCR); Note: changed to K?, H?, no nat. spms., Apr 2025

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Eucalyptus botryoides Sm. W Maui, Lahaina Distr., Honokowai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H. L. H50129 Maui US 5/25/2001
2 Eucalyptus botryoides Sm. Hanalei Bay, Hanalei, HI, US PRESERVED_SPECIMEN H. L. Oppenheimer H50129 Maui HAPI 5/25/2001
3 Eucalyptus botryoides Sm. honolulu, kamehameha schools PRESERVED_SPECIMEN edmondson, c.h. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 6/30/1943
4 Eucalyptus botryoides Sm. W Maui, Lahaina District, Honokowai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H50129 Maui BISH 5/25/2001
5 Eucalyptus botryoides Sm. w maui, lahaina district, honokowai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN oppenheimer, h.l. collector number: h50129 Maui BISH 5/25/2001
6 Eucalyptus botryoides Sm. W Maui, Lahaina District, Honokowai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. Collector Number: H50129 Maui BISH 5/25/2001
7 Eucalyptus botryoides Sm. w maui, lahaina district, honokowai wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN oppenheimer, h.l. collector number: h50129 Maui BISH 5/25/2001
8 Eucalyptus botryoides Sm. Honolulu, Kamehameha Schools PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Edmondson, C.H. s.n. Oahu BISH 6/30/1943
9 Eucalyptus botryoides Sm. South side of Mahinahina Gu lch. Near road to Haela'au Cabin, Kaulalewelewe. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H20126 Maui PTBG 2/20/2001
10 Eucalyptus botryoides Sm. W Maui, Lahaina Distr., Honokowai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN H. L. Oppenheimer H50129 Maui US 5/25/2001
11 Eucalyptus botryoides Sm. e part of maui, kailua gulch, 5 mi se of pukalani PRESERVED_SPECIMEN e. l. little jr. 31095 Maui US 8/24/1976
12 Eucalyptus botryoides Sm. E part of Maui, Kailua Gulch, 5 mi SE of Pukalani PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Little Jr., E. L. 31095 Maui US 8/24/1976
13 Eucalyptus botryoides Sm. w maui, lahaina distr., honokowai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN h. l. oppenheimer h50129 Maui US 5/25/2001
14 Eucalyptus botryoides Sm. Honokowai. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H50129 Maui PTBG 5/25/2001
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