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Gum tree is the common name of several trees and plants: Eucalypteae, particularly: Eucalyptus, which includes the majority of species of gum trees; Corymbia, which includes the ghost gums and spotted gums; Angophora, which includes Angophora costata Sydney red gum; Nyssa sylvatica, common names include blackgum, sour gum
American sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), also known as American storax, [3] hazel pine, [4] bilsted, [5] redgum, [3] satin-walnut, [3] star-leaved gum, [5] alligatorwood, [3] gumball tree, [6] or simply sweetgum, [3] [7] is a deciduous tree in the genus Liquidambar native to warm temperate areas of eastern North America and tropical montane regions of Mexico and Central America.
Many species, though by no means all, are known as gum trees because they exude copious kino from any break in the bark (e.g., scribbly gum). The generic name is derived from the Greek words ευ (eu) "well" and καλύπτω (kalýpto) "to cover", referring to the operculum on the calyx that initially conceals the flower. [21]
Liquidambar, commonly called sweetgum [2] (star gum in the UK), [3] gum, [2] redgum, [2] satin-walnut, [2] styrax or American storax, [2] is the only genus in the flowering plant family Altingiaceae and has 15 species. [1] They were formerly often treated as a part of the Hamamelidaceae. They are native to southeast and east Asia, the eastern ...
Eucalyptus abdita Brooker & Hopper Eucalyptus absita Grayling & Brooker – Badgingarra box Eucalyptus acaciiformis H.Deane & Maiden – wattle-leaved peppermint Eucalyptus accedens W.Fitzg. – powderbark wandoo Eucalyptus acies Brooker – Woolburnup mallee Eucalyptus acmenoides Schauer in W.G.Walpers – white mahogany Eucalyptus acroleuca L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill – Lakefield coolibah ...
Eucalyptus robusta belongs to a group of eight species of spongy red-barked gum trees known as red mahoganies in the section Annulares, and is closely related to the bangalay and red mahogany (E. resinifera). It is distinguished from them by its larger flowers and fruit. The latter species grows in drier habitats. [4]
Corymbia maculata, commonly known as spotted gum, [3] is a species of medium-sized to tall tree that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has smooth, mottled bark, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds usually in groups of three, white flowers and urn-shaped or barrel-shaped fruit.
Eucalyptus grandis grows as a straight and tall forest tree, reaching around 50 m (160 ft) tall, [3] with a dbh of 1.2 to 2 m (3.9 to 6.6 ft). The biggest trees can reach 75 m (246 ft) high and 3 m (9.8 ft) dbh, [2] the tallest recorded known as "The Grandis" near Bulahdelah, with a height of 86 m (282 ft) and a girth of 8.5 m (28 ft). [4]