Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Eucalyptus badjensis
Common name
Big Badja gum
Family
Myrtaceae
Where found
Wet forests on relatively fertile soils. Between Deua National Park and Bombala. Ranges and the eastern part of the tablelands.
Notes
Tree to 45 m tall. Bark rough only on the lower trunk, compacted, hard, shortly fibrous, blackish or grey. Upper trunk and branches smooth, shedding in long ribbons. Juvenile stems rounded or square in cross section, sometimes warty. Juvenile leaves stalkless and opposite each other for many pairs, usually stem-clasping, 3.5-8 cm long, 8-20 mm wide, dull, green. Adult leaves alternating up the stems, 8.5-20 cm long, 7-20 mm wide, dull, green. Flowers white, with 0 petals. Flower clusters 3-flowered. Mature flower buds 3–6 mm long, caps shorter than the base. Flowers Summer. Gumnuts 3-6 mm in diameter. Gumnuts that have dropped their seed have strongly protruding valves.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Eucalyptus~badjensis (accessed 22 January, 2021)
EUCLID description: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/entities/eucalyptus_badjensis.htm (accessed 22 January, 2021)
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