This could be the same plant which was collected as Eucalyptus goniocalyx by W. R. Sykes, 29-6-1970 and is now in the National Forestry Herbarium (NZFRI 8588). That collection bears the note “ex CHR 219547”.
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Nicholson Park above Scarborough, just west below carpark on the extension of Taylor's Mistake Rd at the top of the hill
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.572 172.775
Verbatim locality:
Nicholson Park above Scarborough, just west below carpark on the extension of Taylor's Mistake Rd at the top of the hill
Verbatim collector:
M.F. Sinclair
Standardised collector:
M. F. Sinclair
Verbatim date:
30 Apr 2015
Start date:
2015-04-30
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.572 172.775
Notes:
Cultivated tree, to c. 10 metres, multi-stemmed from broad base between 1 and 2 m across. Rough bark at base corky, mid-brown, transforming to grey-brown thin box-like pattern up to branches c.10 cm diameter, then smooth. Epicormic shoots for just a few nodes bear juvenile leaves, the lower of these being broad ovate to orbicular, cordate, apex pointed, leathery and large, e.g. 11 cm x 9 cm.