Eucalyptus jimberlanica

Description

Eucalyptus jimberlanica,commonly known as Norseman gimlet,is a mallee tree that is native to a small area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.The mallee tree typically grows to a height of 4 to 10 metres (13 to 33 ft) and has smooth bark.The bark is glossy and brown in colour with pith glands present.The adult leaves are disjunct,glossy,green,thick and concolorous.The leaves have a narrow lanceolate to lanceolate shape and are basally tapered.They are 6 to 10 centimetres (2.4 to 3.9 in) long and 1 to 1.6 millimetres (0.04 to 0.06 in) wide.The conflorescence is simple and axillary with regular seven-flowered umbellasters.The peduncles are narrowly flattened or angular.Fruits turbinate to hemispherical 4 to 5 millimetres (0.16 to 0.20 in) long with a 7 to 8 millimetres (0.28 to 0.31 in) diameter.It is found on valley edges in a small area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia near Norseman where it grows in loamy soils.The species was first formally described by Lawrence Johnson and Kenneth Hill in 1991 as part of the work Systematic studies in the eucalyptus.A revision of the gimlets and related species;Eucalyptus extracodical series Salubres and Annulatae (Myrtaceae) in the journal Telopea.The specimen was collected from Jimberlana Hill,north east of Norseman by K.D.Hill,L.A.S.Johnson and & D.F.Blaxell in 1983.