Tumbledown red gum | |
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Eucalyptus dealbata growing near Armidale | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Genus: | Eucalyptus |
Species: | E. dealbata
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Binomial name | |
Eucalyptus dealbata | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Eucalyptus dealbata, known as the tumbledown red gum or hill redgum,[2] is a species of small tree that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has mostly smooth, white to grey or brownish bark, lance-shaped to egg-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between seven and eleven, white flowers and hemispherical fruit with the valves extended well beyond the rim of the fruit.