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 mannifera Mudie

Reference:

Mudie, Trans. Roy. Med.-Bot. Soc. London 1(3): 24 (1834).

Type:

T: Bathurst, N.S.W., Jan. 1825, A.Cunningham 91; holo: K; iso: BM.

Description:

Tree to 25 m. Bark smooth throughout, white, cream, grey, sometimes with patches of red, usually powdery. Juvenile leaves alternate, petiolate, concolorous or slightly discolorous. Adult leaves alternate, acuminate, dull, blue-green to grey-green; lateral veins faint, at 30°-40°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete or channelled. Peduncle terete. Buds usually ovoid, rarely clavate; operculum conical or hemispherical; hypanthium obconical or hemispherical. Fruits hemispherical, ovoid or subglobular; disc level, convex or ascending; valves slightly exserted.

Distribution:

Occurs in eastern N.S.W. and Vic., with 1 record in south-eastern Qld.

Notes:

There are 5 subspecies which intergrade where they meet.

elliptica

Adult leaves usually 20 mm or more wide; Peduncle 5-6 mm long; juvenile leaves linear to lanceolate, subsp. mannifera.

Adult leaves up to 20 mm wide; Buds often glaucous, subsp. praecox.

Adult leaves up to 20 mm wide; Buds not glaucous; Juvenile leaves glaucous; hypanthium hemispherical; disc ascending, subsp. maculosa.