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Eucalyptus resinifera

Sm. (1790)

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 30–45 m tall.

Stems: Bark reddish brown, brown, or gray, fibrous throughout.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Adult Alternate. Blades broadly lanceolate, 10–17 cm long, 1.8–3.5 cm wide. Apex acuminate. Blades discolorous. Margins entire. Petioles 15–30 mm long. Stipules vestigial or absent.

Flowers: Flowers 7–11 in axillary, simple umbels, peduncles flattened, 10–22 mm long, pedicels 3–10 mm long. buds rostrate, 14–17 mm long, 5–7 mm wide. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic. Calyx modified into an operculum; operculum conical or rostrate. Stamens numerous, in several whorls; anthers dithecal. Ovary inferior; ovules with axile placentation.

Fruit: Fruit hemispherical or obconical; 6–11 mm long; 7–10 mm wide; valves 3–4; exserted. Seeds numerous.

Ploidy: 2n = 22

Habitat: Planted on O'ahu; Maui; and Hawai'i; and regenerating from seed in these areas.

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Not in flora

Dispersal Agents

Wind
Forestry

Pollinators

Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: in J.White, J. Voy. N.S.W.: 231 (1790)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:957 (O, M, H); Note: change to O?, H?, no nat. spms., Apr 2025

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Eucalyptus resinifera Tantalus Preserved_Specimen Russ, G.W. Oahu BISH 1929-12-01
2 Eucalyptus resinifera Wahiawa nursery Preserved_Specimen Pearsall, G.A. Oahu BISH 1954-12-05
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