Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Eucalyptus sp. Cattai

Common name

None

Family

Myrtaceae

Where found

Woodland, shrubland, and heath. Suburban Sydney, between Colo Heights and Castle Hill

Notes

Small mallee-like tree to 4.5 m high. Bark thick, somewhat fibrous, furrowed, but loose on the lower trunk and tending to be scaly higher up. Adult leaves alternating up the stems, 4-12 cm long, 10–42 mm wide, dark green, glossy, upper and lower surfaces different colours. Flowers white, with 0 petals. Flower clusters 6–8-flowered. Buds 6–10 mm long, caps longer or shorter than the base. Gumnuts 5–7 mm in diameter. Gumnuts that have dropped their seed have protruding valves.

Full name Eucalyptus sp. Cattai (Gregson s.n., 28 Aug 1954) NSW Herbarium

An intergrade between Eucalyptus notabilis and Eucalyptus resinifera

Critically endangered Australia. Critically endangered NSW (as Eucalyptus sp. Cattai (Gregson s.n., 28 Aug 1954)). Provisions of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 No 63 relating to the protection of protected plants generally also apply to plants that are a threatened species.

NSW Threatened Species profile (as Eucalyptus sp. Cattai):  http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedSpeciesApp/profile.aspx?id=10317  (accessed 21 April 2021)

PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Eucalyptus~sp.+Cattai+(Gregson+s.n.+28+Aug+1954) (accessed 21 April 2021)