Eucalyptus tenuiramis

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Plant  information

Common name:                Silver Peppermint 

Conservation status:  Near threatened

Etymology:   

•  The name Eucalyptus is from the Ancient Greek words eu meaning 'good'and kalypto meaning '(I) cover, conceal, hide', referring to the operculum covering the flower buds

• The specific epithet (tenuiramis) is from the Latin tenui- meaning "slender" or "thin" and ramus meaning "branch"

Flowers:                  

• The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils in groups of nine to fifteen on an unbranched peduncle 4–12 mm long

• The individual buds on pedicels 1–4 mm long

• Mature buds are oval to club-shaped, 5–8 mm long and 3–4 mm wide

• They have a conical or rounded operculum

• Flowering occurs from November to February and the flowers are white. 

Fruit:                         

• The fruit is a woody cup-shaped, hemispherical or conical capsule 

• 5–12 mm long and 6–11 mm wide with the valves near rim level

Leaves:         

• Young plants and coppice regrowth have sessile, egg-shaped leaves 

• These are 17–60 mm long, 10–38 mm wide and arranged in opposite pairs

• Adult leaves are broadly lance-shaped to elliptical

• They are 55–130 mm long and 10–25 mm wide

• They taper to a petiole 7–12 mm long

Stem & branches: 

• It has smooth white to grey or yellowish bark

Roots:         

Habit:        

• A small to medium-sized tree 

• It typically grows to a height of 25 m and forms a lignotuber

Habitat:   

• Open forest, often in pure stands, on lowlands and hills

Distribution:                  

• Endemic to southeastern Tasmania

• Especially in the Derwent River valley, but also on the Freycinet Peninsula and on Flinders Island

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy 

  • Eucalyptus tenuiramis was first formally described in 1856 by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel in the journal Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief

  • This eucalypt is reported as being an older form of its sister species, E. risdonii

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_tenuiramis (2023)