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MYRTACEAE

Eucalyptus

Alternate leaves
>7 flowered
Spreading veins
Symmetric leaf base
>7 flowered
Broadish leaves
Smooth bark
Lowland
Not glaucus
 
Petioles of adult leaves angular; lamina 5-12 cm long. 1-1.5 cm wide


 


 E. nitida
   
Petioles of adult leaves flattened; lamina 10-25 cm long, 1.5-2.5 cm wide; buds and fruit in a complete umbel always 7
Widely planted in plantations and wind-breaks

 E. nitens












 
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