About Eucalyptus acmenoides Schauer
Eucalyptus acmenoides Schauer, commonly known as white mahogany, is a tree that can reach 50 metres (164 ft) or more in height, though it only grows to half that height in dry sites. It has thin, stringy or fibrous bark that ranges in colour from grey to reddish brown. Leaves on young Eucalyptus acmenoides trees are glossy green, egg-shaped to broadly lance-shaped, and grow up to 120 mm (5 in) long and 30 mm (1 in) wide. Adult leaves are glossy green, lance-shaped, and much paler on their lower surface, measuring 80–120 mm (3–5 in) long and 15–25 mm (0.6–1 in) wide. Flowers of this species are arranged in groups of mostly between seven and eleven, growing from an angular peduncle 6–15 mm (0.2–0.6 in) long, with individual flowers borne on a cylindrical pedicel 2–6 mm (0.08–0.2 in) long. The flower buds are oval to spindle-shaped, 5–7 mm (0.2–0.3 in) long and 3–4 mm (0.1–0.2 in) wide. The operculum is conical or beak-shaped, and is about as long and wide as the flower cup. The fruit is a globe-shaped to hemispherical capsule, 4–8 mm (0.2–0.3 in) long and 4–7 mm (0.2–0.3 in) wide. White mahogany grows in wet forest and woodland, in deeper soils with reliable moisture. Its range extends from areas near the Atherton Tableland in Queensland, south to Port Jackson. It occurs from sea level up to altitudes of 1,000 m (3,000 ft), and is most common in warm humid to tropical climates with an average annual rainfall between 1,000 and 1,700 mm (40 and 70 in).
