Eucalyptus andrewsii
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| New England blackbutt | |
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| Eucalyptus andrewsii growing near Stanthorpe | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Eucalyptus |
| Species: | E. andrewsii |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucalyptus andrewsii | |
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Eucalyptus andrewsii, commonly known as the New England blackbutt, is a tree native to New South Wales and Queensland in eastern Australia. It is a tree with rough bark on the trunk and larger branches, lance-shaped often curved leaves, flower buds in groups of between eleven and fifteen and hemispherical or cup-shaped fruit.
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Eucalyptus andrewsii is a tree that grows to a height of 45 m (100 ft) with rough, finely fibrous, greyish brown bark on the trunk and main branches. The leaves on young plants are arranged in opposite pairs, broadly lance-shaped to egg-shaped, 45–100 mm (2–4 in) long, 25–45 mm (1–2 in) wide and bluish or greyish green. The adult leaves are lance-shaped, often curved, 90–170 mm (3.5–6.7 in) long and 10–32 mm (0.4–1 in) wide on a petiole 10–25 mm (0.39–0.98 in) long. The leaves are the same colour on both surfaces. The flower buds are arranged in groups of between eleven and fifteen on a peduncle 8–20 mm (0.3–0.8 in) long, the individual buds on a pedicel 4–5 mm (0.2–0.2 in) long. Mature buds are club-shaped, 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long and 2–3 mm (0.079–0.12 in) wide. Flowering occurs in summer and winter and the flowers are white. The fruit is a cup-shaped or hemispherical capsule, 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long and 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) wide on a pedicel 3–6 mm (0.1–0.2 in) long.[4][5][6]