How to identify Spotted gum (Corymbia maculata)
Spotted gum is distinguished by its tall stature, reaching 60 to 100 feet (18 to 30 meters) with a habit of growing from a lignotuber. Its bark is a distinctive mottled patchwork of pinkish grey or bluish grey and sheds in small irregular patches, especially during summer. The leaves are glossy, initially elliptical and discolorous in their juvenile stage. Mature leaves are dark, concolorous, and lanceolate, measuring up to 7 inches (18 cm) by 1 inch (2.5 cm). White flowers bloom in long terminal corymbs from winter to early spring, succeeded by 1/2 inch (1.3 cm) urn-shaped fruit.
Lifespan: Perennial
Plant Type: Tree
Tall stature, reaching 60 to 100 feet (18 to 30 meters).
Distinctive mottled patchwork bark in pinkish grey or bluish grey.
Glossy lanceolate leaves, up to 7 inches (18 cm) long.
White flowers in long terminal corymbs from winter to early spring.
1/2 inch (1.3 cm) urn-shaped fruit after blooming.
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Scientific Classification of Spotted gum
