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Red box
Eucalyptus polyanthemos

About
Eucalyptus polyanthemos, commonly known as red box, is a species of small to medium-sized tree, that is native to eastern Australia but has been introduced into other countries. It has fibrous bark on the trunk and larger branches, smooth greyish to cream-coloured bark above, or smooth bark throughout. It has broadly egg-shaped to round juvenile leaves, lance-shaped, egg-shaped or almost round adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and barrel-shaped to conical fruit.
- Family
- Myrtaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Eucalyptus polyanthemos
- Slug
- eucalyptus-polyanthemos
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Eucalyptus
- Species
- polyanthemos
- Wikidata QID
- Q2666533
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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