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Eucalyptus globulus
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Family:
MYRTACEAE
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Citation: Eucalyptus globulus Labill., Rel. Voy. Rech. Perouse 1: 153. 1799; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 486(343). 1919; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 102. 1988; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 185. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 61. 1998; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 285. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Eucali, Yukkalimaram
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Blue gum, Eucalypt, Tasmanian blue gum, Yukali
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Description:
Trees, to 30 m high; bark smooth, peeling off in long stripes. Leaves of the seedlings opposite, sessile, amplexicaul, 6-12 x 2.5-7 cm, bluish-green, glaucous, strongly discolourous, juvenile leaves opposite, sessile, 7-15 x 4-9 cm, elliptic-ovate, glaucous, strongly discolourous, amplexicaule; intermediate leaves alternate, petiolate, glabrous, broadly lanceolate; adult leaves alternate; petiole to 30 mm, stout, glabrous; lamina 10-30 x 3-4 cm, falcate or lanceolate, base acute or obtuse, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves many, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate, pellucid-punctate. Flowers bisexual, to 4 cm across, axillary, solitary; buds sessile, 3 x 2 cm, turbinate, warty, glaucous; hypanthium ribbed, to 1 cm; operculum long, flat, with a central knob; stamens many, free, 0.5-1.5 cm; anthers obovoid, 0.5-1 mm, versatile; ovary inferior, adnate to the hypanthium, 3-5-celled, ovules many; style simple; stigma capitate. Fruit a capsule, sessile, globose or hemispherical, 4-ribbed, warty, disc broad, convex; valves 3-5; seeds many.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-December
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Idukki, Thrissur, Palakkad, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Grown as avenue tree as well as raised in plantation
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Distribution:
Native of Tasmania; widely cultivated in Sri Lanka and India
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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:
Campshed area, Veeyapuram
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