Eucalyptus brachyandra

Description

Eucalyptus brachyandra,commonly known as the tropical red box,is a tree that is native to Western Australia and the Northern Territory The tree or shrub has a straggly and sometimes a mallee habit and forms a lignotuber.It will typically grows to a height of 2 to 8 metres (7 to 26 ft) and has fissured fibrous bark.The bark is grey or grey-brown and persistent on the trunk and larger branches.The adult leaves are opposite and dull,green or grey-green,thin and discolorous.They have an elliptic or ovate shape and are basally tapered]The tree is deciduous in the dry season.It blooms between August and November producing white flowers.The conflorescence is compound with a terminal location forming three to seven flowered umbellasters.Buds ovoid or pyriform followed by campanulate fruits.It has one of the smallest fruit in the Eucalyptus genus