Rainbow Eucalyptus Flower 彩虹桉树

Rainbow Eucalyptus Flower 彩虹桉树 (2022 0423)

Scientific name        Eucalyptus deglupta

Family Name:          Myrtaceae

Synonyms:    Eucalyptus multiflora, Eucalyptus naudiniana, Eucalyptus schlechteri

Common Name:     Mindanao Gum, Rainbow Eucalyptus, Rainbow Gum, Kamarere, Deglupta, Bagras

FLORAL (ANGIOSPERM)

Flower Colour(s)      White

Girth   3.1

Height           25 meters

Native to the Philippines, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.

Location:  Sungei Serangoon PCN (2 trees, Block 477C HDB Hougang Capeview) & Upper Serangoon Road to Upper Serangoon View (20 trees, NTUC Foodfare Coffeeshop & Upper Serangoon View)

Getting There:

MRT Buangkok (NE15)/ Buangkok Stn Exit B Stop ID: 67601 board bus 102 and alight at Blk 477A, Upp Serangoon Rd

 

A huge evergreen tree that can grow up to 60m in its native enviroment. Trunk is straight, sometimes with buttresses. Bark is smooth, yellow, brown, and purple but green immediately after flaking off. Leaves are lanceolate in shape when young and become more rounded when older. Flowers occur in spike-like clusters, cream to pale-green in colour. Fruits hemispherical in shape with 3-4 valves, dark brown in colour, containing tiny flattened seeds with a small wing.

This beautiful tree of Papua New Guinea has distinctive peeling bark with multi-coloured streaks. Why are there so many colours? This is because the patches of outer bark are shed at different times, showing the bright-green inner bark which matures to give blue, purple, orange and then maroon tones.