Eucalyptus viridis

Location & distribution maps

Plant  information

Common name:         Green Mallee

Conservation status: ...

Etymology:   

• The name Eucalyptus is derived 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 (viridis) is a Latin word meaning "green"

Flowers:                  

• The flower buds are arranged on the ends of branchlets in groups of seven or nine on a branched peduncle 3–13 mm long, the individual buds on pedicels 1–6 mm long

• Mature buds are oval to diamond-shaped, 4–8 mm long and 2–4 mm wide with a conical operculum

• Flowering has been observed in most months and the flowers are white

Fruit:                         

• The fruit is a woody, cup-shaped capsule 3–7 mm (0.12–0.28 in) long and 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) wide with the valves near rim level

Leaves:         

• Yount plants and coppice regrowth have linear to narrow lance-shaped or narrow elliptical leaves that are 45–95 mm long and 2–11 mm wide 

• Adult leaves are glossy green, narrow linear to narrow lance-shaped, curved or narrow elliptical leaves that are 50–130 mm long and 3–15 mm wide, tapering to a petiole up to 13 mm long

Stem & branches: 

• It has rough, dark grey, fibrous or flaky bark on the lower stems

• Smooth greyish brown above, or sometimes entirely smooth bark

Roots:         

Habit:        

• A mallee or small tree that typically grows to a height of 8–10 m and forms a lignotuber

Habitat:   

• Mallee shrubland on plains and gently undulating country

Distribution:                  

• Endemic to south-eastern, continental Australia

• It occurs in Queensland, mainly south from Taroom, through the western slopes and plains of NSW, near Bendigo and in the Little Desert National Park in Victoria to the south east of South Australia

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy 

  • Eucalyptus viridis was first formally described in 1900 by Richard Thomas Baker in the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of NSW

• Uses

  • This eucalypt is important in the production of honey and the leaves are harvested for cineole based eucalyptus oil.

Sources of information:

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