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Eucalyptus amygdalina

Labill. (1806)

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 15–30 m tall.

Stems: Bark grayish brown, finely fibrous on trunk and larger branches, salmon–pink, white, or gray, and smooth above.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Adult Alternate. Blades narrowly lanceolate to linear, 7–12 cm long, 0.5–1.3 cm wide. Apex acuminate or uncinate. Blades concolorous. Margins entire. Petioles 7–10 mm long. Stipules vestigial or absent.

Flowers: Flowers 11–15 or more in axillary, simple umbels, peduncles 4–10 mm long, pedicels 1–3 mm long. buds clavate, 3–5 mm long, 2–3 mm wide. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic. Calyx modified into an operculum; operculum hemispherical, sometimes apiculate. Stamens numerous, in several whorls; anthers dithecal. Ovary inferior; ovules with axile placentation.

Fruit: Fruit hemispherical to obconical; 4–7 mm long; 5–7 mm wide; valves level. Seeds numerous.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Planted on Maui and Hawaiʻi; and regenerating by seed in these areas.

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Not in flora

Dispersal Agents

Forestry

Pollinators

Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Nov. Holl. Pl. 2: 14 (1806)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:950 (M, H); Note: change to 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 amygdalina Hosmer's Grove HUMAN_OBSERVATION Friday, J.B. Maui 4/21/2018
2 Eucalyptus amygdalina Hosmer's Grove HUMAN_OBSERVATION Friday, J.B. Maui 4/21/2018
3 Eucalyptus amygdalina Haleakala National Park, Hosmer Grove Forest of introduced trees Preserved_Specimen tree to 20m; trunk light-colored; bark peeling Annable, C.R. 3903 Maui BISH 1999-02-11
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