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MYRTACEAE

Eucalyptus

Alternate leaves
1-3 flowered
Small fruit
Leaves > 4cm long
Fruit not urn-shaped
 

operculum flattened and warty, leaves with a "peppermint" smell when crushed
E. coccifera
   
operculum not warty, leaves smelling distinctly of eucalyptus oil when crushed



 
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