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Eucalyptus polyanthemos

Red box

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.

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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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