Eucalyptus populnea (Bimble Box)
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Eucalyptus populnea trees, coastal Central Queensland
Photograph by Ethel Aardvark. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
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Eucalyptus populnea leaves, coastal Central Queensland
Photograph by Ethel Aardvark. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
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Credits:
Description, Habitat and Distribution information is sourced from: G.M.Chippendale (2017) Eucalyptus populnea. In: Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Energy, Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Eucalyptus%20populnea Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.
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BIMBLE BOX FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Bimble Box
Other Names
Poplar Box
Description
The Bimble Box is a tree to 20 m. Bark rough, fibrous, grey to brown or often bleached on trunk and larger branches, then smooth and brown to grey-brown above. Juvenile leaves ovate to orbicular, shining, green, slightly discolorous. Adult leaves ovate, broadly lanceolate or rhombic, acute; lamina 5-10 cm long, 2-7.5 cm wide, shining, green; lateral veins distinct, at 25° -40° ; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole 15-20 mm long. Conflorescence terminal; umbels 7-15-flowered; peduncle terete or angular, 5-10 mm long; pedicels 1-3 mm long. Buds clavate; operculum hemispherical, 1-2 mm long, 2-3 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, 2-3 mm long and wide. Fruits obconical to hemispherical, 2-4 mm long and wide; valves usually 4, level or included.
Habitat
Grows on plains and gentle slopes, often in areas of seasonal inundation, in open woodland.
Distribution
Occurs widely in eastern and southern Qld and inland N.S.W.
Growth Characteristics
Height: 10m - 20m
Spread: 5m - 12m
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Myrtales | | Family: | Myrtaceae | | Genus: | Eucalyptus | | Species: | populnea | | Common Name: | Bimble Box |
Relatives in same Genus
Eucalyptus acaciiformis
Eucalyptus accedens
Eucalyptus acies
Eucalyptus albens
Eucalyptus bancroftii
Eucalyptus baxteri
Eucalyptus caleyi
Eucalyptus camaldulensis
Eucalyptus camphora
Eucalyptus cloeziana
Eucalyptus crebra
Eucalyptus crenulata
Eucalyptus curtisii
Eucalyptus dealbata
Eucalyptus dumosa
Eucalyptus eugenioides
Eucalyptus forrestiana
Eucalyptus goniocalyx
Eucalyptus grandis
Eucalyptus intertexta
Eucalyptus largiflorens
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