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Eucalyptus sideroxylon

A.Cunn. ex Woolls (1886)

This name is accepted

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

red ironbark

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees 10–35 m tall.

Stems: Bark black, rough, hard, furrowed throughout, or at least on trunk and larger branches, upper branches white and smooth.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Adult Alternate. Blades lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, 7–14 cm long, 1.2–1.8 cm wide. Apex acuminate or uncinate. Blades concolorous. Margins entire. Petioles 10–20 mm long. Stipules vestigial or absent.

Flowers: Flowers 3–7 in axillary, simple umbels, peduncles quadrangular or terete (cylindrical), 7 –20 mm long, pedicels quadrangular, 2–15 mm long. buds ovoid, rostrate, 7–11 mm long, 4–5 mm wide. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic. Calyx modified into an operculum; operculum conical or rostrate. Stamens numerous, in several whorls; anthers dithecal.

Fruit: Fruit ovoid; subglobose; or urceolate; 5–14 mm long; 6–14 mm wide; valves 5–6; included. Seeds numerous.

Ploidy: 2n = 22

Habitat: Planted on Kaua'i; O'ahu; Moloka'i; and Maui; and regenerating both within and near the plantations.

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Accepted Subtaxa (in Hawai'i) (1)

Eucalyptus sideroxylon subsp. sideroxylon

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Naturalized
Molokai Naturalized
Lana'i Potentially Naturalizing
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Only found in cultivation

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, ser. 2, 1: 859 (1886)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls 3 miles nw of waimea Planted, introduced. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN little jr., e.l. collector number: 31087 Hawaii BISH 8/18/1976
2 Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls honolulu, tantalus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN russ, g.w. collector number: s.n. Kauai BISH 8/8/1929
3 Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls near kualapuu Plantation, introduced. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN little jr., e.l. collector number: 31228 Molokai BISH 9/16/1976
4 Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls honolulu, tantalus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN anon. collector number: 6045 Oahu BISH 11/1/1909
5 Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls Puhielelu Ridge. On dry ridge. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H80625 Lanai PTBG 8/16/2006
6 Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls cultivated - tautalus, oahu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j. f. NSW 11/9/1909
7 Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls Near the junction of Mamalahoa Highway and the Saddle Road. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D. R.; Ishikawa, S. 5444 Hawaii US 8/26/1975
8 Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls kamuela Planted. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN ewart iii, g.r. collector number: 273 Hawaii BISH 1/30/1932
9 Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls e part of molokai, near kualapuu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN e. l. little jr. 31228 Molokai US 9/16/1976
10 Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls e part of maui, 5 mi se of pukalani PRESERVED_SPECIMEN e. l. little jr. 31098 Maui US 8/24/1976
11 Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls NW part of Hawaii, 3 mi NW of Waimea PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Little Jr., E. L. 31087 Hawaii US 8/18/1976
12 Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls Honolulu, Tantalus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Anon. 6045 Oahu BISH 11/1/1909
13 Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls Kamuela Planted. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Ewart III, G.R. 273 Hawaii BISH 1/30/1932
14 Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls waiohinu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN russ, g.w. collector number: s.n. Hawaii BISH 8/8/1928
15 Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls E part of Maui, 5 mi SE of Pukalani PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Little Jr., E. L. 31098 Maui US 8/24/1976
16 Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls E part of Molokai, near Kualapuu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Little Jr., E. L. 31228 Molokai US 9/16/1976
17 Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls nw part of hawaii, 3 mi nw of waimea PRESERVED_SPECIMEN e. l. little jr. 31087 Hawaii US 8/18/1976
18 Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls near the junction of mamalahoa highway and the saddle road. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. r. herbst & s. ishikawa 5444 Hawaii US 8/26/1975
19 Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls Near Kualapuu Plantation, introduced. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Little Jr., E.L. 31228 Molokai BISH 9/16/1976
20 Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls 5 miles se of pukalani Planted, introuduced. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN little jr., e.l. collector number: 31098 Maui BISH 8/24/1976
21 Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls Honolulu, Tantalus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Russ, G.W. s.n. Oahu BISH 4/12/1905
22 Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls 3 Miles NW of Waimea Planted, introduced. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Little Jr., E.L. 31087 Hawaii BISH 8/18/1976
23 Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls Waiohinu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Russ, G.W. s.n. Hawaii BISH 4/11/1905
24 Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls honolulu, tantalus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN russ, g.w. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 12/1/1929
25 Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls Paomai, betw Hawaiilanui & Kahue Gulches PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H41909 Lanai BISH 4/18/2019
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