Last month we looked at the Grey Gums and Blue Gums, this month we’re on to the Red Gums, the defining characteristics for the Red Gums is smooth bark, gumnuts (fruits) with raised discs and exserted valves and the leaves same colour on both sides (concolorous). The Red Gums contain the icon of Australian rivers the River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis).
Eucalyptus flower parts (note, calyptera is also known as the operculum)
Image from plantnet.nsw.gov.au
Eucalyptus blakelyi leaf showing same colour top and bottom (concolorous),