Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Eucalyptus quadrangulata
Common name
White-topped box, Coast white box, Coastal white box
Family
Myrtaceae
Where found
Tall wet forest. North from Nowra. Coast and Southern Highlands north from Nowra. Ranges north from Ulladulla.
Notes
Tree to 50 m tall. Bark rough on all but the smallest branches or rough on the trunk and branches. Rough bark fibrous-flaky, ('box'), grey, often with whitish patches. Smooth bark above shedding in long ribbons. Juvenile stems square in cross section and winged, non-glaucous. Juvenile leaves opposite each other until the sapling stage, usually stem-clasping, 7-15 cm long, 13-35 mm wide, dull, green, upper and lower surfaces different colours. Adult leaves alternating up the stems, 10.5-20 cm long, 10-22 mm wide, dull to glossy, green, margins toothed. Flowers white, with 0 petals. Flower clusters 7-flowered. Mature flower buds 4–8 mm long, caps shorter than the base. Flowers Summer-Autumn. Gumnuts 4-6 mm in diameter. Gumnuts that have dropped their seed have protruding valves or valves that are not very noticeable.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Eucalyptus~quadrangulata (accessed 22 January, 2021)
EUCLID description: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/entities/eucalyptus_quadrangulata.htm (accessed 22 January, 2021)
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