Rainbow Eucalyptus, Mindanao Gum, Rainbow Gum, Kamarere
Eucalyptus deglupta · Myrtaceae · 무지개유카리
How to spot it
The most distinctive trait is the multicolored striped bark, changing from green to blue, purple, orange and reddish brown.
Look
- Leaves
- Juvenile leaves are egg-shaped to lance-shaped; adult leaves are short-stalked, egg-shaped to ovate-lanceolate, and held nearly horizontal on the branch.
- Flowers
- Flowers with prominent white to pale yellow stamens (0.2-1 cm long) form umbels of 3-7, which gather in panicles at the branch tips or leaf axils.
- Fruit
- Small, thin capsules with 3-4 protruding valves, each holding 3-12 well-formed seeds. The seeds are tiny, brown and flat, with a small wing at the tip.
- Bark
- Bark peels off irregularly in strips, and the bright green new bark exposed matures through blue, purple, orange and reddish-brown tones, making a mixed pattern of many colors.
Where it grows
- Native to
- Native to the Philippines, Indonesia and New Guinea, growing in primary and secondary tropical rain forest.