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Scientific Name:Eucalyptus largiflorens
Photo: Black Box
Black Box
Photograph courtesy of
Viridans Biological Databases (external link)

Status:

Native to South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria

Other Common Names:

Swamp Box, Flooded Box, River Box, Cooburn, Ironbark, Slaty Gum, Murray Box, River Black Box

Plant Description:

Medium sized tree, 10 m or sometimes to 20 m high, with a large spreading crown and drooping branches. Bark persistent throughout except on the smallest branches, hard, dark, rough and somewhat furrowed. Leaves alternate,
lanceolate, 6 – 12 cm long, 1.5 – 2.7 cm wide, somewhat thick, dull green or grey, stalked.
Flowers off white, borne in clusters of 3 – 7, each cluster at the end of a slender common stalk 5 – 8 mm long and part of a large terminal or axillary panicle. Buds 5 mm long, 3 – 4 mm wide, the cap hemispherical, shorter than the base. Fruit hemispherical, about 5 mm diameter, on a very short stalk, the valves enclosed. Flowering spring – summer.

Habitat:

Heavy clay soils of periodically flooded
alluvial plains and along dry lake margins. Occurring in monospecific stands or in association with River Red-gum. Also in depressions and drainage lines in practically all communities. Is moderately tolerant of salinity and waterlogging.
RegionSalinity ClassWaterlogging Class
Mallee, Loddon Murray, Central and Northern, WimmeraS0, S1, S2W1, W2


Black Box Photos


Black Box - tree
Black Box - tree
Photo: A J Brown
Black Box - flowers
Black Box - normal white flowers
Photo: A J Brown

Black Box - fruit
Black Box - buds
Photo: A J Brown

Black Box - mature fruit
Black Box - mature fruit
Photo: A J Brown

Black Box - pink flowers
Black Box - rare pink flowers
Photo: A J Brown

Black Box - old and young leaves
Black Box - old and young leaves
Photo: A J Brown
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