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Eucalyptus pilularis Sm.
Family Myrtaceae
Common name: Blackbutt

Eucalyptus pilularis Sm. APNI*

Synonyms: Eucalyptus semicorticata F.Muell. APNI*

Description: Tree to 70 m high; bark persistent on half to full trunk, grey-brown, shortly fibrous to stringy, smooth above, white to grey, shedding in long ribbons; often with scribbles.

Juvenile leaves opposite, broad-lanceolate, dull green.

Adult leaves disjunct, lanceolate, 9–16 cm long, 1.5–3 cm wide, green, glossy, concolorous. Umbellasters 7- to ≥ 11-flowered; peduncle narrowly flattened or angular, 10–17 mm long; pedicels terete, 3–6 mm long. Buds clavate or fusiform, 7–10 mm long, 3–5 mm diam., scar absent; calyptra conical or rostrate, at least as long as and as wide as hypanthium.

Fruit globose, hemispherical or ovoid, 6–11 mm long, 7–11 mm diam.; disc depressed or flat; valves enclosed or rim-level.


Illustration
M. Flockton

Habitat
Photo T.M. Tame

Flower
Photo T.M. Tame

Other photo
Photo T.M. Tame

Herbarium
Sheet

Herbarium
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Type
Specimen

Distribution and occurrence: Widespread and often dominant, in wet sclerophyll or grassy coastal forest on lighter soils of medium fertility, north from Eden district.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT
Other Australian states: Qld
AVH map***

Text by K. Hill
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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