Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Myrtaceae | Genus: Eucalyptus | Species: Eucalyptus tereticornis Sm. |
Habit |
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Fruit |
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| Synonym | Eucalyptus insignis Naudin, Eucalyptus populifolia Desf., Eucalyptus tereticornis var. pruiniflora (Blakely) Cameron, Eucalyptus umbellata var. pruiniflora Blakely. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Forest red gum | Flower Type | Umbel |
| English / Trade Name | Forest Red Gum, Blue Gum, Queensland Blue Gum, Grey Gum, Forest Red Gum, Mountain Gum, Red Irongum, Yukali, Slaty Gum, Red Ironbark,Red Gum, Bastard Box, Flooded Gum | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Safeda | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | 30-1100m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit is a small woody capsule with protruding teeth. |
| Habitat | Plains to Low Altitude, Cultivated, Raised in plantations, also planted as avenue tree | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Native of Australia | Bark Details | Bark grey, peeling in thin layers |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Lence shaped | ||
| Description of Species | Evergreen trees, up to 30 m tall, trunk straight, usually unbranched for more than half of the total height of the tree, trunk surface colored in patches of white, gray and blue. Leaves narrow, lance shaped. Inflorescence umbels axillary, flowers buds long cones, longer than most eucalyptus species. The caps fall off to reveal the flowers which are mostly stamens. Fruit is a small woody capsule with protruding teeth. | Leaf Details | It has narrow, lanceshaped green leaves, ovate, elliptic from 10-20 cm long, and 1-3 cm wide. |
