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Eucalyptus cerasiformis

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Myrtaceae

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Myrtales

Genus
  
Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus cerasiformis also known as the Cherry-fruited mallee is a eucalypt that is native to Western Australia.

The mallee typically grows to a height of 2 to 3.5 metres (7 to 11 ft) and has smooth grey to brown bark. The adult leaves are disjunct, glossy, grey-green, thin and concolorous. The blade has a narrow lanceolate shape and is basally tapered. When the tree blooms between December and March it produces a simple axillary conflorescence with seven flowered umbellasters and terete peduncles, the flowers are white or cream in colour. The fruits that develop later have a cylindrical or hemispherical or urceolate shape.

References

Eucalyptus cerasiformis Wikipedia