Eucalyptus cypellocarpa L.A.S. Johnson

Mountain Grey-gum

Small to tall tree. Bark peeling or smooth and yellowish to grey. Juvenile leaves stalkless, opposite, broadly lanceolate to elliptic or ovate. Adult leaves stalked, lanceolate, often falcate, to 20 cm long, green. Leaf stalk slightly flattened, mostly 1.5-2.5 cm long. Flowers in 7s, common stalk flattened, mostly 1-2 cm long. Fruits 0.5-1 cm long, often ribbed.

Grows naturally in hilly and montane open forest.

NSW, ACT, Vic.

VIC: Balwyn (Maranoa Gds); N Emerald (Station).

Source: Spencer, R.; Rule, K. (2002). Eucalyptus. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

Updated by: Val Stajsic, June 2018

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Distribution map
kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Rosanae
order      Myrtales
family       Myrtaceae
genus        Eucalyptus L'Hér.