Eucalyptus 
NT endemic, usually on sandstone or on adjacent 
sandy soils. A common species in the Alligator 
Rivers region, extending to the Gulf of Carpentaria. 
In the DR it can be seen on sandstone at George Ck 
and in Litchfield NP. 
E. latifolia F.Muell. 
Tree to 10 m, rarely taller; bark smooth in the 
upper trunk and branches with red-brown flakes 
persistent in lower trunk, sometimes extending to 
upper branches. Petioles 22-40 mm long. Leaf blades 
concolorous, dull, broadly lanceolate to broadly ovate, 
90-160 mm long, 56-100 mm wide, L/B 1.2-2.7. 
Inflorescence a terminal corymb. Buds on long 
pedicels, obovoid, 8-17 mm long incl. pedicel, 3.5- 
5.3 mm wide; operculum saucer shaped, apiculate. 
Capsules on pedicels 3-8 mm long; hypanthium 
mottled grey, ovoid or urceolate, 9-15 mm long, 8-13 
mm wide; valves sunken. Seed winged. Flowering: 
Sept - Feb; fruiting: May - Sept. Fig. 51 
A common woodland species of the Kimberley and 
the Top End. It is found in a variety of habitats 
including run-on areas which are waterlogged during 
parts of the Wet season. 
FE. miniata A.Cunn. ex Schauer 
Tree to 30 m, usually 20 m or less; bark dark red, 
thick, flaky on trunk, smooth and white on upper 
trunk and limbs; branchlets, buds and fruits pruinose. 
Juvenile leaves opposite for many. pairs, scabrous 
with rusty hairs. Adult Jeaves alternate; petioles 
8-32 mm long; blades discolorous, lanceolate, 
occasionally elliptic, 60-150 mm long, 13-57 mm 
wide, L/B 1.9-4(5.5). Inflorescence of solitary, many 
flowered umbels in axils of current seasons leaves; 
peduncles usually stout, often flattened, 16-35 mm 
long. Buds sessile, pyriform, faintly to prominently 
ribbed or winged, 15-23 mm long, 7-14 mm wide, 
operculum hemispherical; stamens orange-red. 
Capsules angular and ribbed, ovoid or suburceolate, 
29-44 mm long, 17-30 mm wide; valves sunken. 
Flowering: May - July; fruiting: Sept - Nov. 
Fig. 51 Woolly Butt 
This species is one of the dominants in savanna 
communities across its range from the Kimberley to 
Cape York. Flower colour is consistent but there is 
some variation in fruit size and degree of ribbing in 
the buds. Trees in the DR rarely develop the striking 
waxy white branchlets, buds and fruit to the degree 
seen in drier areas. A large fruited, narrow leaved 
form, E. gigantangion L.Johnson & K.Hill, occurs 
on the sandstone in the Alligator Rivers region. 
MYRTACEAE 165 
E. miniata and the closely related E. phoenicea, when 
suppressed as lignotuberous seedlings on the forest 
floor produce a series of prostrate stems; one erect 
stem will eventually dominate when a gap occurs in 
the canopy. 
E. nesophila Blakely 
Tree to 35 m; bark bloodwood type throughout. 
Juvenile leaves opposite or in whorls of three, coarsely 
hairy, broadly lanceolate, cordate, petiolate, blades 
80-140 mm long, 50-80 mm wide. Petioles of 
adult leaves 9-17 mm long; blades falcate, narrowly 
lanceolate, 95-195 mm long, 9-17(25) wide, L/B 
4-16. Inflorescence a terminal corymb. Buds obconic, 
10-23 mm long incl. pedicel, 4-5.5 mm wide; 
operculum saucer shaped, umbonate. Capsules on 
pedicels 4-8 mm long; hypanthium mottled, urceolate, 
10-13 mm long, 6-9 mm wide; valves sunken. Seeds 
winged. Flowering: mainly June - July; fruiting: July 
- Sept. Fig. 51 Melville Island Bloodwood 
Recorded disjunctly from the Mitchell Plateau 
(WA) to the tip of Cape York; usually on lateritic soils. 
A common species on Bathurst and Melville Is. The 
only other known occurrence of the species in the NT 
is on Cobourg Peninsula. 
E. oligantha Schauer 
Tree to 15 m; bark dark brown, rough, box type 
throughout. Petioles 30-70 mm long; Leaf blades 
concolorous, shiny, deltoid to almost orbicular, 
rarely lanceolate, 50-150 mm long, 25-140 mm wide, 
L/B 0.8-2.7, obtuse. Inflorescence a terminal 
panicle. Buds pedicellate, 10-14 mm long, 4-5 mm 
wide, ellipsoid; operculum conical. Capsules on 
pedicels 3-12 mm long; hypanthium cylindrical to 
truncate ovoid, 6-10 mm long, 5-8 mm wide; valves 
level or slightly exserted. Flowering: Sept; fruiting: 
all year. Fig. 51 
Distributed from the Kimberley to eastern Arnhem 
Land. Not common in the DR. Usually on sites which 
are flooded periodically during the Wet season on silty 
or clayey soils. In the Mt Bundey area it has been 
recorded from ridge tops on skeletal soils. 
E. papuana F.Muell. 
Tree to 15 m; bark smooth and white throughout or 
with a short stocking (not neatly tessellated). Leaves 
alternate, dull; petioles 5-16 mm long; blades 
lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, margins often 
undulate, 60-160 mm long, 12-48 mm wide, L/B 2.6- 
8. Inflorescence on current years shoots, a reduced 
“clavigera” type with few flowers. Buds pedicellate, 
