| Mallalie | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Eucalyptus |
| Species: | E. eudesmoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucalyptus eudesmoides F. Muell. |
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Mallalie (Eucalyptus eudesmoides) is a rounded, bushy, mallee eucalypt native to Western Australia. Mature trees are usually 2–3 m high, occasionally up to 6 m. It may flower from January to May.
Mallalie occurs coastally and subcoastally from 100 km north of Perth northwards to the Murchison River.[1]
The lower bark is dark grey, shedding in strips, while the upper bark is smooth, grey-brown or green-brown. Distinctive features include small, opposite, green leaves; buds in threes; stamens in four tufts; fruit with four small teeth.[1]