Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Myrtaceae | Genus: Eucalyptus | Species: Eucalyptus globulus Labill. ( सफेदा ) |
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| Synonym | Eucalyptus maidenii subsp. globulus (Labill.) J.B.Kirkp. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Tasmanian blue gum eucalypt | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | Tasmanian blue gum eucalypt, Blue gum | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Safeda | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | up to 1000 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit a capsules single at leaf base, broadly top-shaped or rounded, 4-angled, warty, with whitish, broad, thick, flat or convex disc and 3-5 slits; seeds many and irregularly elliptical, dull black. |
| Habitat | Prefers well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil. | Bark Type | Exfoliating |
| Distribution | Native to Australia. North and South Africa, India, and Southern Europe. | Bark Details | Bark smoothish, mottled grey, brown, and greenish or bluish, peeling in long strips, at base becoming grey, rough and shaggy, thick and finely furrowed; |
| Distribution in Haryana | Ambala, Mewat, Panipat, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Lence shaped | ||
| Description of Species | Tree up to 55 m tall, with straight, massive trunk, irregular crown of large branches and drooping aromatic foliage. Leaves alternate, drooping on flattened, yellowish, narrowly lance shaped. Flower 1 -2 at leaf base on very short, flattened stalk or none, with odour of camphor; buds top-shaped, base (hypanthium) 4 angled, very warty. Fruit a capsules single at leaf base, broadly top-shaped or rounded, 4-angled, warty, with whitish, broad, thick, flat or convex disc and 3-5 slits; seeds many and irregularly elliptical, dull black. | Leaf Details | Leaves alternate, drooping on flattened, yellowish, narrowly lance shaped. |
