Corymbia ferruginea (Schauer) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Corymbia

Characteristics

Tree to 12 m, spreading. Bark irregularly tessellated or flaky throughout, grey or grey-brown. Juvenile leaves very shortly petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, 5–8 cm long, 4–5 cm wide, with red-brown radiating hairs and short bristles. Leaves on mature trees opposite, petiolate or subsessile, oblong-ovate, obtuse and cuspidate or acute to acuminate, cordate; lamina 8–15 cm long, 3–7 cm wide, with radiating hairs and short bristles, red-brown to grey-green, often undulate, ±discolorous; lateral veins at 50°–65°; petiole up to 5 mm long. Umbels 3–7-flowered; peduncle terete to compressed, 10–15 mm long, with rust-brown bristle-like glands; pedicels up to 4 mm long. Buds clavate to pyriform, 10–12 mm long, 5–10 mm wide. Fruits shortly pedicellate, ovoid, subglobular or suburceolate, 18–25 mm long, 15–18 mm wide. Seeds winged at one end, yellow-brown.
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A small tree. It grows 7-12 m tall. It has crooked branches. The young branches are hairy. The leaves occur opposite one another and are covered with rough scales. The leaves have 2 lobes at the base. The blade is 8-20 cm long by 3.5-9 cm wide. They have very short stalks. The flowers are large and white in groups of 3-7. They are near the ends of branches. The fruit is an urn shaped woody capsule. This is 1.7-3.5 cm long by 1.5-2.2 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 7.0 - 12.0
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in open woodland. It needs well-drained soil.
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Usuallygrows in flat, sandy, open forests.
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Usage

The seeds are eaten.
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Edible seeds
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed.
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Images

Corymbia ferruginea unspecified picture

Distribution

Corymbia ferruginea world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Corymbia ferruginea threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:986305-1
WFO ID wfo-0000925515
COL ID YQ9B
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Eucalyptus ferruginea Corymbia ferruginea Eucalyptus undulata

Lower taxons

Corymbia ferruginea subsp. ferruginea Corymbia ferruginea subsp. stypophylla