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Eucalyptus tereticornis
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Family:
MYRTACEAE
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Citation: Eucalyptus tereticornis Smith, Spec. Bot. New Holl. 41. 1795 & Trans. Soc. London 3: 284. 1797; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 247. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 125. 1997; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 185. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 266. 1997; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 213. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 365. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Yukkali
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Forest Red Gum, Yukali
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Description:
Trees, to 25 m high, bark white, smooth; branchlets apically angular, pubescent when young. Leaves simple, alternate, [ seedling leaves opposite ] seedling leaves 5-12.5 x 1.5-6 cm; juvenile leaves 12-22 x 4.5-10 cm; adult leaves 10-20 x 1-2 cm, ovate, elliptic, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, apex acuminate, base subacute, cuneate or oblique, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous, gland-dotted; petiole to 25 mm long, stout, glabrous; lateral nerves many, pinnate, faint, lopped near the margin forming intramarginal nerve, intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual, white, 1.5 cm across, in 7-11 flowered axillary umbels; pedicel to 1 cm. Hypanthium campanulate, 3.5 cm, rugose; operculum conical, 1-1.5 cm, horn-shaped, apex acute. Stamens many; filaments unequal. Ovary inferior, adnate to the hypanthium, 3-4-celled, ovules many; style simple, stigma capitate. Fruit a capsule, 6-8 x 4-5 mm, pedicellate, truncate-globular, disc ascending; seeds many.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-September
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Raised in plantations, also planted as avenue tree
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Distribution:
Native of Australia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Plapally
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