Myrtaceae
Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus saligna Sm.

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 3: 285 (1797)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Australia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used as a medicine and has environmental uses.

Descriptions

Myrtaceae, B. Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2001

Morphology General Habit
Tree to 55 m with white or blue-grey smooth bark save for basal 4 m or so which has grey-brown rough flaky bark.
Morphology Leaves
Juvenile leaves ovate to broadly lanceolate; adult discolorous, lanceolate, 9–17 cm long, 2–3 cm wide; petiole channelled, 1.5–2.5 cm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Umbels 7–11-flowered; peduncle flattened, 0.4–1.8[2.2] cm long; pedicels absent or angular, up to 3[8] mm long.
Morphology General Buds
Buds fusiform or ± ovoid; operculum conical, 3–4 mm long and wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx-tube hemispherical, cylindrical or campanulate, 2–3 mm long, 3–4 mm wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruits cylindrical, campanulate or subpyriform, 5–8 mm long, 4–7[8] mm wide with narrow descending disc and 3–5 exserted [or included] erect valves.
Figures
Fig. 10/37.
Distribution
K4 K5 T2 T3 U3
[FTEA]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/133376951/133376954

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Colombian departments: Bogotá DC.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]

Uses

Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0