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GYMPIE MESSMATE FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Gympie Messmate
Description
The Gympie Messmate is a tree to 55 m. Bark longitudinally fissured or tessellated, brown, grey or grey-yellow on trunk and sometimes on larger branches; smaller branches smooth, grey-white or yellow. Juvenile leaves ovate or broadly lanceolate. Adult leaves narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, acuminate; lamina 8-13 cm long, 1-3 cm wide; lateral veins just visible, at 40° -50° ; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole flattened, 10-15 mm long. Peduncle terete or angular, 5-10 mm long; pedicels 1-4 mm long. Operculum hemispherical or conical, 2-3 mm long, 3-4 mm wide; hypanthium hemispherical, 2-4 mm long, 3-4 mm wide. Fruits 5-10 mm long, 6-12 mm wide.
Habitat
Grows in open forest and woodland, often dominant, on plateaus, tablelands and slopes.
Distribution
Occurs in several disjunct areas including Hinchinbrook Is., from near Cooktown southwards to near Gympie, Qld.
Growth Characteristics
Height: 15m - 20m
Spread: 10m - 15m
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Myrtales | | Family: | Myrtaceae | | Genus: | Eucalyptus | | Species: | cloeziana | | Common Name: | Gympie Messmate |
Relatives in same Genus
Eucalyptus acaciiformis
Eucalyptus accedens
Eucalyptus acies
Eucalyptus albens
Eucalyptus bancroftii
Eucalyptus baxteri
Eucalyptus caleyi
Eucalyptus camaldulensis
Eucalyptus camphora
Eucalyptus crebra
Eucalyptus crenulata
Eucalyptus curtisii
Eucalyptus dealbata
Eucalyptus dumosa
Eucalyptus eugenioides
Eucalyptus forrestiana
Eucalyptus goniocalyx
Eucalyptus grandis
Eucalyptus intertexta
Eucalyptus largiflorens
Eucalyptus leucoxylon var Rosea
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