Eucalyptus dives Schauer - Myrtaceae - broad-leaved peppermint, **Breitblättriger Pfefferminz-Eucalyptus**

Tree, up to 20m high, native to Australia (New South Wales, Victoria); bark persistent on trunk and larger branches, grey to grey-brown, shortly fibrous (`peppermint'); young leaves ovate, glaucous; adult leaves lanceolate to broad-lanceolate, 7-15cm long.\\
[ [[http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Eucalyptus~dives|"Eucalyptus dives Schauer". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online.]] Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 2017-11-24.]

The essential oil of E.dives contains (-)- α-phellandrene in a state of approximate optical purity. \\
[Smith, Henry George, Peter George Carter, and John Read. "CXII.—Researches on phellandrenes. Part II." Journal of the Chemical Society, Transactions 125 (1924): 930-940]

|{{:piperitone.jpg|}} \\ piperitone |{{:alpha_phellandrene.jpg| α-phellandrene }} \\ α-phellandrene | {{:cymene.jpg|p-cymene}} \\ cymene |{{:terpinen4ol.jpg|terpinen-4-ol}} \\ terpinen-4-ol | 

The essential oil of E.dives leaves was dominanted by compounds like piperitone (40.5%), α-phellandrene (17.4%), p-cymene (8.5%) and terpinen-4-ol (4.7%). \\
[Gilles, Martin, et al. "Chemical composition and antimicrobial properties of essential oils of three Australian Eucalyptus species." Food Chemistry 119.2 (2010): 731-737]

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Eucalyptus dives, broad leaved peppermint \\
Maiden, J.H., Forest Flora of New South Wales, vol.2 t.75 (1904-1905) [M.Flockton] \\
[[http://botanicalillustrations.org/species.php?id_species=410407]]