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8. Eucalyptus saligna Sm.wfo-0000955842

Trans. Linn. Soc. London 3: 285. 1797; Backer & Bakh.f., Fl. Java 1: 350. 1963.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Description : Large tree to 50 m. Outer bark blue-grey. Twigs angled. Leaves (young) alternate, petiolate, ovate to ovate lanceolate; (mature) alternate, lanceolate, usually 15–20 by 2–3 cm, petioles 2–3 cm. Flowers in 7–10-flowered axillary clusters. Pedicels absent. Operculum conical. Stamens with filaments ca 5 mm; anthers 0.5–0.8 mm with a small apical gland. Fruits usually more or less smooth, 9 by 6 mm, conical and distinctly contracted at the apex, valves 3–4, disc narrow forming a ring.

Thailand : Planted.

Distribution : Eastern coasts of Australia (type) though absent from the extreme north and south. Widely cultivated elsewhere,

Ecology : Cultivated.

Notes: Often confused with Eucalyptus grandis (see above).