Eucalyptus urophylla

Timor white gum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species:
E. urophylla
Binomial name
Eucalyptus urophylla
Eucalyptus urophylla in Timor-Leste
Mount Loelaco landscape forested with E. urophylla

Eucalyptus urophylla, commonly known as Timor white gum,[2] Timor mountain gum, popo or ampupu,[3] is a species of eucalypt native to islands of the Indonesian Archipelago and Timor.[3]

It is also common in other countries with humid and subhumid tropical climates where it is grown as plantation timber.[4]

It is the floral emblem of East Timor.[5]

  1. ^ Hills, R. (2019). "Eucalyptus urophylla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T133377485A133377487. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T133377485A133377487.en. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  2. ^ Ken Fern (2014). "Eucalyptus urophylla S.T.Blake Myrtaceae". Useful Tropical Plants Database. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference waf was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Chaw Chaw Sein; Ralph Mitlöhner (2011). "Eucalyptus urophylla S.T. Blake Ecology and silviculture in Vietnam" (PDF). Center for International Forestry Research. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  5. ^ Kathryn Monk; Yance De Fretes (2012). Ecology of Nusa Tenggara. Tuttle publishing. ISBN 978-1462905065.