Eucalyptus cerasiformis

Description

Eucalyptus cerasiformis also known as the Cherry-fruited mallee is a eucalypt that is native to Western Australia. The mallee typically grows to a height of 2 to 3.5 metres (7 to 11 ft) and has smooth grey to brown bark.The adult leaves are disjunct,glossy,grey-green,thin and concolorous.The blade has a narrow lanceolate shape and is basally tapered.When the tree blooms between December and March it produces a simple axillary conflorescence with seven flowered umbellasters and terete peduncles,the flowers are white or cream in colour.The fruits that develop later have a cylindrical or hemispherical or urceolate shape. The species is confined to an area in the Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperances regions of Western Australia between Kondinin and Dundas where it grows in red-loamy soils.