Eucalyptus aromaphloia
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| Creswick apple-box | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Eucalyptus |
| Species: | E. aromaphloia |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucalyptus aromaphloia | |
Eucalyptus aromaphloia, commonly known as Creswick apple-box, scented bark or scent-bark,[3] is a species of plant in the myrtle family that is endemic to Victoria. It is a tree with rough, densely fibrous bark on the trunk and branches, lance-shaped or curved adult leaves, oval to spindle-shaped flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and conical to hemispherical fruit.
Eucalyptus aromaphloia is a tree that grows to a height of 18–22 m (60–70 ft) and forms a lignotuber. It has thick, rough, dark grey fibrous bark on its trunk and branches, with smooth salmon pink bark on the thinnest branches. Young plants and coppice regrowth have oblong to elliptic leaves 30–78 mm (1–3 in) long, 9–35 mm (0.4–1 in) wide tapering to a short petiole. Adult leaves are lance-shaped or curved, 75–200 mm (3–8 in) long, 10–20 mm (0.4–0.8 in) wide on a petiole 8–22 mm (0.3–0.9 in) long.[3][4][5]
The flowers are arranged in unbranched groups of seven in leaf axils on a peduncle 3–8 mm (0.1–0.3 in) long, the individual buds on a pedicel usually up to 3 mm (0.1 in) long. The mature buds are green with a red tinge, oval to spindle-shaped, 4–5 mm (0.2–0.2 in) long, 3–4 mm (0.1–0.2 in) wide with a conical operculum. Flowering occurs in winter and the flowers are white. The fruit is cup-shaped to hemispherical, 5–7 mm (0.2–0.3 in) long and 7–9 mm (0.3–0.4 in) wide. The leaves are dark green on both sides, with prominent veins. Flowering occurs from January to March and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody, conical to hemispherical capsule 3–4 mm (0.1–0.2 in) long and 4–7 mm (0.2–0.3 in) wide.[3][4][5]