Eucalyptus torelliana F.Muell.

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Synonyms:
Common names: Blood leaf gum (English) Cadaga (English) Cadaghi (English)
Frequency:
Status: Cultivated and rarely naturalised
Description:
Trunk, or at least the upper major branches, grey-green, smooth. Juvenile leaves petiolate, peltate: lamina 9-17 × 6-8 cm, broadly ovate, bristly-hairy, the hairs red on very young leaves; base shallowly cordate; apex acute. Adult leaves lanceolate, but rarely seen as juvenile and intermediate leaves predominate. Inflorescences compound. Umbels 3-7-flowered. Peduncles terete. Flowers white or cream. Fruits rounded or urn-shaped, 3-locular.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: torelliana: after Count Luigi de Torelli, 1810-1887, member of the Italian senate, who promoted the use of eucalypts to dry up the malarial Pontine Marshes near Rome.
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Worldwide distribution: Queensland, Australia.
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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Eucalyptus torelliana

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Eucalyptus torelliana
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Eucalyptus torelliana
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Eucalyptus torelliana
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JSTOR Plant Science: Eucalyptus torelliana
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Eucalyptus torelliana
Plants of the World Online: Eucalyptus torelliana
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Wikipedia: Eucalyptus torelliana


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Eucalyptus torelliana.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=226040, retrieved 10 December 2024

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