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  • COMMON NAME: River red gum
  • ARABIC: كينا
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh.
  • SYNONYMS: Eucalyptus acuminata, Eucalyptus rostrata, Eucalyptus subulata.
  • FAMILY: MYRTACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ajman , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Landscape (L) Apiculture (A)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Tree
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Plants used by honeybees for nectar collection for honey production.
Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. https://www.floraofqatar.com/eucalyptus_camaldulensis.htm V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021.
Highly salt tolerant up to half seawater salinity, ornamental plant with known folk medicinal use. Honey nectar plants.
Evergreen, large tree, 5-18 meters high. Quick-growing, bark smooth, whitish and deciduous. Branches many, spread with leaves contain aromatic oil. Leaves mostly large, alternate and vertical, rigid, pinnate-veined, linear-oblong, grayish-green, entire, 3-10cm long. Flower usually 3 or more together in umbels or heads. Receptacle adnate to the ovary at the base. Petals united with calyx lobes to form a lid or cap which opens transversely, lid mostly pointed or beaked. Stamens many. Ovary 3-6 celled. Fruit a small globular capsule usually partly enclosed in the calyx tube. Flowering September-March.
Cultivated and suited to dry climates. Tolerates drought and salinity.
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