Eucalyptus amplifolia Naudin, Myrtaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results: 

Evaluate, score: 2 (Go to the risk assessment (U.S.)).
Evaluate, score: 1 (Go to the risk assessment (U.S. (Florida))).

Common name(s): [more details]

Chinese: guang ye an

English: cabbage gum

Habit:  tree

Description:  "Trees. Bark whitish or grayish, smooth, maculate, exfoliating. Branchlets terete. Young leaves opposite; leaf blade ovate to orbicular, 7-14 x 6-12 cm. Leaf blade of intermediate leaves broadly lanceolate, 4-5 cm wide. Mature leaves with a 1.5-2.5 cm petiole; leaf blade lanceolate, 10-25 x 2.5-3.5 cm, slightly twisted, both surfaces with small glands, secondary veins at an angle of ca. 45° from midvein, intramarginal veins ca. 0.7 mm from margin. Inflorescences axillary, simple, umbels 7-20-flowered; peduncle 1-2 cm, flattened or ridged. Flower buds long ovate, 10-15 x 4-5 mm. Hypanthium semiglobose, ca. 3 mm; stipe 3-4 mm; calyptra long awl-shaped, 3 to 4 times as long as hypanthium, apex acuminate. Stamens ca. 1 cm; anthers obovoid, dehiscing longitudinally, large glands abaxially. Capsule semiglobose to truncate capitate globose, 4-6 x 5-7 mm; disk broad; valves 3-5, strongly exserted from hypanthium"  (Flora of China online).

Habitat/ecology:  (no habitat/ecology info known by PIER)

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  Australia (New South Wales, Queensland) (GRIN).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Hawai‘i (Big) Island		Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.) (1932) (voucher ID: BISH 59798) Taxon name on voucher: Eucalyptus amplifolia Naudin

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Australia Australia (continental)	New South Wales	native	National Herbarium of New South Wales (2013)
Australia Australia (continental)	Queensland	native	National Herbarium of New South Wales (2013)
China China	China (People's Republic of)	introduced cultivated	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)

Control:  If you know of control methods for Eucalyptus amplifolia, please let us know.