''Eucalyptus carnea'', known as the thick-leaved mahogany or broad-leaved white mahogany, is a species of tree that is

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to coastal areas of eastern Australia. It has rough, stringy bark from the trunk to the thinnest branches, lance-shaped or curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between seven and eleven, white flowers and cup-shaped to hemispherical fruit.

Description

''Eucalyptus carnea'' is a tree that grows to a height of and forms a

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. It has rough grey or brownish, stringy or fibrous bark from the trunk to the thinnest branches. Young plants and

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regrowth have leaves arranged in opposite pairs, lance-shaped to curved, long, wide and a different shade on either side. Adult leaves are lance-shaped or curved, long and wide on a petiole long. The leaves are bluish green on one side and a lighter green on the other. The flowers are borne in groups of seven, nine or eleven in leaf

axil A leaf ( : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, st ...

s on a sometimes branched peduncle, long, the individual buds on a

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long. Mature buds are oval to spindle-shaped, long and wide with a conical to slightly beaked operculum. Flowering mainly occurs from September to November and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody, hemispherical or shortened spherical capsule long and wide with the valves about level with the rim.

Taxonomy and naming

''Eucalyptus carnea'' was first formally described by the botanist

Richard Thomas Baker Richard Thomas Baker (1 December 1854 – 14 July 1941) was an Australian economic botanist, museum curator and educator. Early life Baker was born in Woolwich, England, son of Richard Thomas Baker, a blacksmith, and his wife Sarah, née Colkett. ...

in 1906 from specimens collected near the

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, (previously known as Wilhelm Bäuerlen). The description was published in ''

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''. The

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(''carnea'') is a

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word meaning "of flesh", possibly referring to the colour of the

heartwood Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic materiala natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin tha ...

. ''Eucalyptus carnea'' is part of the white mahogany group as recognised by Ken Hill. Others in the group include '' E. acmenoides'', '' E. mediocris'', '' E. apothalassica'', '' E. helidonica'', '' E. latisinensis'', '' E. psammitica'' and '' E. umbra''.

Distribution and habitat

Thick-leaved mahogany grows in forest in shallow soil between

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and the

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References

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Myrtales of Australia Flora of New South Wales Flora of Queensland Trees of Australia Plants described in 1906 Taxa named by Richard Thomas Baker