Eucalyptus pellita, commonly known as the large-fruited red mahogany,[1] is a species of medium to tall tree that is endemic to north-eastern Queensland. It has rough, fibrous or flaky bark on the trunk and branches, lance-shaped to egg-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and cup-shaped to conical fruit.
Eucalyptus pellita is a tree that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt and forms a lignotuber. It has rough, greyish or reddish, fibrous or flaky bark on the trunk and branches. Adult leaves are glossy green but paler on the lower surface, broadly lance-shaped to egg-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long, Шаблон:Cvt wide, tapering to a petioleШаблон:Cvt long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils on a flattened, unbranched peduncleШаблон:Cvt long, the individual buds on pedicelsШаблон:Cvt long. Mature buds are oval, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide with a conical or beaked operculum. Flowering has been recorded in February and October and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody, cup-shaped to conical capsuleШаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide with the valves protruding strongly above the rim.[1][2]
Large-fruited red mahogany grows in open forest, mainly on gentle slopes. It is found in wet, near-coastal forests north from Abergowrie to Papua New Guinea.[1][2]
