Eucalyptus mannifera

Mudie

Trans. Med.-Bot. Soc. London 1(3): 24. 1834.

Common names: Mottled or red spotted or brittle gum
Synonyms: Eucalyptus maculosa R. T. Baker
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.

Trees, to 20 m; trunk white and grayish white, mottled, smooth, powdery to touch; bark shedding. Leaves: (juvenile alter­nate, petiolate); petiole 0.5–2.2 cm; blade green to bluish green or, occasionally, grayish green, narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate or falcate, 7–18.5 × 1–3 cm, surfaces dull. Peduncles 0.5–-1 cm. Inflorescences ca. 7-flowered; umbels. Flowers: hypanthium obconic, 2–4 mm, length ± equaling calyptra; calyptra conic to rounded, 2–4 mm; stamens white. Capsules hemispheric to obconic, 3–5 mm, not glaucous; valves 3, exserted.


Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Disturbed coastal and urban areas.
Elevation: 0–200 m.

Distribution

Introduced; Calif., se Australia.

Discussion

Eucalyptus mannifera is known from the Central Coast, San Francisco Bay area, and Outer South Coast Ranges.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Mottled or red spotted or brittle gum +
Calif. +  and se Australia. +
0–200 m. +
Disturbed coastal and urban areas. +
Flowering spring–summer. +
Trans. Med.-Bot. Soc. London +
Eucalyptus maculosa +
Eucalyptus mannifera +
Eucalyptus +
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