• Family : MYRTACEAE
  (Myrtle Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : JAMUN FAMILY (जामुन फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : MYRTACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Corymbia citriodora (Hook.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Corymbia citriodora (Hook.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson
• Common name : Lemon-scented Gum
• Vernacular name : Yukkali (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Planted
• Comments / notes : Essential oil is often commercial
• Key identification features : Tall, handsome trees; bark shining whitish or reddish grey. Leaves linear- lanceolate, greyish-green, acute at base, acuminate at apex. Flowers white, in short axillary panicles. Fruits ovoid, flattened at tip.
• Flower, Fruit : May-June
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district
• Native : Australia
• World Distribution : Planted
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Eucalyptus citriodora. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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