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Timor white gum
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Myrtle family: guava & Suriname cherry

Timor white gum

Eucalyptus urophylla S.T.Blake

EN Endangered

Names

EnglishTimor white gum
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese尾叶桉
Scientific nameEucalyptus urophylla S.T.Blake

About this species

Eucalyptus urophylla, commonly known as Timor white gum, Timor mountain gum, popo or ampupu, is a species of eucalypt native to islands of the Indonesian Archipelago and Timor.

It is also common in other countries with humid and subhumid tropical climates where it is grown as plantation timber.

It is the floral emblem of East Timor.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderMyrtales
FamilyMyrtaceae
GenusEucalyptus

In Suriname

3Records in Suriname
1968First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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