A mallet is a small-tree form of ''

Eucalyptus ''Eucalyptus'' () is a genus of over seven hundred species of flowering trees, shrubs or mallees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Along with several other genera in the tribe Eucalypteae, including '' Corymbia'', they are commonly known as e ...

'' found in

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. Unlike the mallee, it is single-stemmed and lacks a

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. Species of this form have a relatively long, slender trunk, steeply-angled branches, often a conspicuously dense terminal

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, and sometimes form thickets. Mallet species include: *Brown mallet ('' Eucalyptus astringens'') *Blue mallet, blue-leaved mallet, Gardner's mallet ('' Eucalyptus gardneri'') *Green mallet ('' Eucalyptus clivicola'') *Salt River mallet, Sargent's mallet ('' Eucalyptus sargentii'') *Silver mallet (''

Eucalyptus falcata ''Eucalyptus falcata'', commonly known as silver mallet or toolyumuck, is a species of Mallee (habit), mallee or marlock that is Endemism, endemic to Western Australia. It has smooth bark, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in group ...

'' or '' Eucalyptus ornata'') *Steedman's mallet ('' Eucalyptus steedmanii'') *Swamp mallet ('' Eucalyptus spathulata'') *White mallet (''

or Eucalyptus spathulata'') *Fuchsia gum ('' Eucalyptus dolichorhyncha'')

References

* * {{cite book, author=Debenham, C., title=The Language of Botany, publisher=Society for Growing Australian Plants , location=Chipping Norton, NSW, Australia , year=1971 , isbn=0909830010 Plant morphology

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