Eucalyptus amygdalina

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Plant  information

Common name:                Black peppermint  

Conservation status:  Not threatened

Etymology:   

• The specific epithet (amygdalina) means "almond"

Flowers:                  

• The flowers are borne in groups of eleven to fifteen or more in leaf axils on a peduncle 4–10 mm long,

• Individual flowers on a pedicel 1–5 mm long

• The buds are oval to club-shaped, 3–5 mm long, 2–3 mm wide and the stamens are white

• Flowering mainly occurs from November to January 

Fruit:                         

• Cup-shaped to hemispherical

• 4–7 mm long and wide

Leaves:         

• The leaves on young plants and on coppice regrowth are arranged in opposite pairs, lance-shaped or curved, 28–55 mm long, 2–11 mm (0.079–0.433 in) wide and sessile

• Adult leaves are arranged alternately along the stems, the same shade of bluish green on both sides

• Lance-shaped to linear, 55–120 mm long and 4–12 mm wide

• On a petiole 4–20 mm long

Stem & branches: 

• It has rough, finely fibrous bark on most or all of the trunk and base of the larger branches

• Smooth greyish bark above

Roots:         

• x

Habit:        

• It is a small to medium-sized tree

• Typically grows to a height of 30 m and forms a lignotuber

Habitat:   

• It is part of dry eucalypt forest communities

Distribution:                  

• Endemic to Tasmania 

• Widespread in the drier, north-eastern side of the island

• From coastal areas extending well inland to the edges of plateaux

Additional notes:    

• Taxonomy

  • Eucalyptus amygdalina was first formally described in 1806 by Jacques Labillardière

  • In his book Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen