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Eucalyptus saligna J.E. Smith

This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Eucalyptus in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.

Trans. Linn. Soc., London 3: 285 (1797).

Sydney blue gum (En).

Native to south-eastern Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. Planted in the highlands of Java and in Africa and South America.

The wood is used as a general-purpose hardwood and also as a fuelwood. Eucalyptus saligna is used for reforestation purposes. The leaves yield eucalypt oil.

A very large tree of up to 55 m tall, bole straight, 50-70% of the total height, up to 200 cm in diameter, bark smooth, flaky at the base, white or blue-grey; juvenile leaves first opposite, then alternate, ovate to broadly lanceolate, discolorous, adult leaves alternate, lanceolate, 9-17 cm 2-3 cm, petiole 15-25 mm long; inflorescence simple, umbels 7-11-flowered; flower buds fusiform or more or less ovoid, operculum conical; fruit cylindrical, campanulate or subpyriform, 5-8 mm 4-7 mm, with 3-4 exserted valves curved outwards. Eucalyptus saligna occurs on tableland and slopes in open forest and is generally planted in tropical mountainous areas or subtropical areas.

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C.C.H. Jongkind

Jongkind, C.C.H., 1993. Eucalyptus saligna J.E. Smith. In: Soerianegara, I. and Lemmens, R.H.M.J. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(1): Timber trees; Major commercial timbers. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea