Eucalyptus eudesmoides

Mallalie
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species: E. eudesmoides
Binomial name
Eucalyptus eudesmoides
F. Muell.

Mallalie (Eucalyptus eudesmoides) is a rounded, bushy, mallee eucalypt native to Western Australia. Mature trees are usually 2–3 m high, occasionally up to 6 m. It may flower from January to May.

Distribution

Mallalie occurs coastally and subcoastally from 100 km north of Perth northwards to the Murchison River.[1] It is one of the eucalypts identified in the Eurardy Reserve [2]

Description

The lower bark is dark grey, shedding in strips, while the upper bark is smooth, grey-brown or green-brown. Distinctive features include small, opposite, green leaves; buds in threes; stamens in four tufts; fruit with four small teeth.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Chippendale, G.M. (1973). Eucalypts of the Western Australian goldfields (and the adjacent wheatbelt). AGPS: Canberra. ISBN 0-642-00064-6
  2. ↑ Eurardy Reserve was established as a bush heritage property in 2011


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