Salmon Gum

Scientific Name: 

Eucalyptus alba

Location: 

SE paddock

Family: Myrtaceae

 

Description: slender small tree generally 5-10m high, trunk often multi-stemmed; deciduous, salmon pink when new.

 

Flowers: small, cream, in clusters of 3-7, on short stalks in leaf axils; buds with rounded caps.

 

Fruit: hard woody cup-like capsules with sharp rim, 0.3-0.8cm x 0.3-0.8cm, valves at rim level or slightly protruding.

 

Flowering: July-September.

 

Fruiting: September - October.