Eucalyptus corticosa
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| Creswick apple box | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Eucalyptus |
| Species: | E. corticosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucalyptus corticosa | |
Eucalyptus corticosa, also known as Creswick apple-box[3] or Olinda box[4] is a species of small tree that is endemic to a small area in south-eastern New South Wales in Australia. It has rough, fibrous bark on the trunk and branches, dull green, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, oval flower buds arranged in groups of seven in leaf axils and cup-shaped or hemispherical fruit.
Eucalyptus corticosa is a tree that typically grows to a height of 8–20 m (26–66 ft) and forms a lignotuber. It has rough, fibrous to flaky, brownish bark on the trunk and larger branches. Young plants and coppice regrowth have leaves arranged in opposite pairs, dull green and narrow oblong in shape. Adult leaves are the same dull green on both sides, lance-shaped to curved, 70–150 mm (2.8–5.9 in) long and 9–22 mm (0.35–0.87 in) wide on a petiole 8–21 mm (0.31–0.83 in) long. The flower buds are arranged in groups of seven in leaf axils on a peduncle 2–6 mm (0.079–0.236 in) long, the individual buds on a pedicel 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long. Mature buds are oval to spindle-shaped, green to yellow, 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long and 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) wide with a conical to rounded operculum that is about as long and wide as the floral cup. Flowering has been recorded in June and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody, hemispherical to bell-shaped or cup-shaped capsule 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long and 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) wide on a pedicel 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long.[3][4]