Myrtaceae
Southern mahogany
Eucalyptus botryoides
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Eucalyptus
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 葡萄桉
- English
- Southern mahogany
- French
- Bangalay
- Spanish
- Bangalay
Synonyms
- Eucalyptus botryoides var. platycarpa Blakely
- Eucalyptus platypodos Cav.
- Eucalyptus saligna subsp. botryoides (Sm.) Passioura & J.E.Ash
- Eucalyptus saligna var. botryoides (Sm.) Maiden
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: ronavery, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: D.Ace, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wilcox, Mike, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wilcox, Mike, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wilcox, Mike, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Poyt448, Peter Woodard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.