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Description and photographs of Mt Majura heritage

Bundy Miniature Portrait, April 2009

Bundy (Eucalyptus goniocalyx) buds and flowers

BOTANICAL NAME Eucalyptus goniocalyx

COMMON NAME Bundy, Long-leaved Box

FAMILY Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)

SPECIES NAMING Angled calyx (calyx: collective name of sepals, which form the outer whorl of flowers)

GROWTH HABIT Small, low branching tree to 15 m tall, with short trunk

BARK Grey-brown coarsely flaky box bark up to [...]

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Kurrajong Miniature Portrait, November 2008

BOTANICAL NAME  Brachychiton populneus
COMMON NAME  Kurrajong
FAMILY  Sterculiaceae
SPECIES NAMING  poplar-like (refers to the shape of the leaves)
GROWTH HABIT  to 10 m with tapered trunk and dense dark green crown
BARK smooth to finely scaled, grey
LEAVES shiny surface, of variable shape but generally like poplar leaves; leaves of young trees with 3-5 lobes;
FLOWERS unisexual, bell-shaped, cream red-flecked; attract [...]

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