Flowers and leaves. Photo: Don Wood, planted at Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Flower buds and leaves. Photo: Don Wood, planted at Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Gum nuts. Photo: Don Wood, planted at Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Tree. Photo Don Wood, planted at Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Common Name

None.

Family

Myrtaceae

Notes

Tree to 8m tall.  Bark smooth, sometimes orange.  Oil glands in the branchlet pith.  Leaves aromatic when crushed, alternating up the stems, 7-17cm long, 12-25mm wide, dull and green, hairless.  Flowers yellow, or pink to red, with 0 petals, in clusters of 3-7 at the bases of the leaves.  Bud caps about the same length as the base.  Nut valves not very noticeable.  A natural hybrid between Eucalyptus torquata and Eucalyptus woodwardii.  Both parents native to WA.

The description above is mostly based on the tree planted at Scotia Sanctuary.