An Introduction to the Eucalypts [This information taken from - Chippendale, G.M. Eucalyptus. In: Chippendale, G.M. (1988). Flora of Australia Vol. 19, Myrtaceae, Eucalyptus, Angophora, Australian Government Publising Service, Canberra.]

Eucalyptus bridgesiana R.Baker

Reference:

R.Baker, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 23: 164 (1898).

Type:

T: Gippsland, Vic., A.W.Howitt 101--104, 18; syn: MEL; Colombo, N.S.W., W.Bäuerlen s.n.; syn: n.v.; Albury, N.S.W., 21 June 1897, Dr Andrews; syn: NSW; Gerogery, N.S.W., J.Manns; syn: n.v.; Rylstone, N.S.W., R.T.Baker; syn: n.v.; Bathurst, N.S.W., W.Woolls; syn: n.v.

E. stuartiana F.Muell. ex Miq., Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 4: 131 (1856) p.p. T: Tasmania, C.Stuart; n.v.

E. bridgesiana var. amblycorys (Blakely) Cameron, Victorian Naturalist 63: 41 (1946); E. stuartiana var. amblycorys Blakely, Key Eucalypts 145 (1934). T: Tumut, N.S.W., Jan. 1897, E.Betche s.n.; holo: NSW.

[E. stuartiana auct. non F.Muell. ex Miq.: A.K.Cameron, Victorian Naturalist 62: 47--50 (1945)]

Illustrations:

N.Hall et al., Forest Trees Australia 3rd edn, 117 (1970); L.Costermans, Native Trees & Shrubs S.E. Australia 355 (1981); M.I.H.Brooker & D.A.Kleinig, Field Guide to Eucalypts 1: 195 (1983).

Description:

Tree to 22 m. Bark rough, fibrous, flaky, tessellated throughout, grey to grey-brown. Juvenile leaves opposite to subopposite, sessile to shortly petiolate, orbicular to broadly ovate, amplexicaul, crenulate, glaucous, concolorous. Adult leaves alternate, lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, acuminate; lamina 12-20 cm long, 1.5-2.5 cm wide, dark green, concolorous; lateral veins distinct, at 25°-40°; intramarginal vein up to 2 mm from margin; petiole flattened or terete, 15-30 mm long. Umbels 7-flowered; peduncle terete or angular, 7-15 mm long; pedicels 2-5 mm long. Buds ovoid, often apiculate; operculum conical, 3-4 mm long, 3-5 mm wide; hypanthium hemispherical, 2-3 mm long, 3-5 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical, 5-7 mm long, 4-7 mm wide; disc moderately broad, ascending; valves 3 or 4, exserted.

Common Name:

Apple Box.

Distribution:

Widespread from near Stanthorpe, Qld, southwards through the tablelands of N.S.W. to southern Vic. Grows in clayey soil in open woodland and forest, mostly on gentle slopes.

Notes:

A useful shade tree in parks, and its regular profuse flowering makes it a good honey tree.