Eucalyptus albens Benth.

Eucalyptus blanc (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Eucalyptus l'hér.

Characteristics

Tree to 25 m. Bark rough, fibrous, light grey or somewhat bleached on trunk, then smooth and white above. Juvenile leaves ovate to suborbicular, sometimes cordate, 9–15 cm long, 6–11.5 cm wide, grey-green to blue-green. Adult leaves broadly lanceolate to lanceolate, acuminate; lamina 10–16 cm long, 1.7–3 cm wide, glaucous or grey-green; lateral veins prominent, at 20°–30°; intramarginal vein up to 2 mm from margin; petiole terete to slightly flattened, 15–22 mm long. Peduncle quadrangular, glaucous, 10–15 mm long; pedicels absent or 1–5 mm long. Buds cylindrical, glaucous; operculum conical, 4–8 mm long, 4–7 mm wide; hypanthium cylindrical, 4–8 mm long, 4–7 mm wide. Fruits cylindrical to suburceolate, glaucous, often ribbed, 6–15 mm long, 5–10 mm wide.
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Tree to 25 m with rough fibrous bark on trunk but white and smooth above.. Juvenile leaves ovate or ± round; adult lanceolate, 10–16 cm long, 1.7–3 cm wide; petiole not or slightly flattened, 1.5–2.2 cm long.. Umbels 7-flowered; peduncle quadrangular, 1–1.5 cm long, pedicels 0–5 mm long.. Buds cylindrical, glaucous; operculum conical, 4–8 mm long, 4–7 mm wide.. Calyx-tube 4–8 mm long, 4–7 mm wide.. Fruits glaucous, cylindrical to suburceolate, 6–15 mm long, 5–10 mm wide, often ribbed.. Fig. 5/1, p. 30.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 22.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Widespread, often dominant, in grassy or sclerophyll woodland on a range of soils, usually of higher fertility. Gentle slopes and plains, broad shallow valleys and the lower slopes of hills and mountains; at elevations from 150-1,200 metres.
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Grows on gentle slopes, plains and valleys in a wide range ofsoils in woodland.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 2-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses animal food bee plant environmental use fuel invertebrate food material timber wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use Anti-bacterial agents (leaf), Antifungal agents (leaf)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 18 - 30
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Eucalyptus albens unspecified picture

Distribution

Eucalyptus albens world distribution map, present in Australia, Brazil, Myanmar, and United States of America

Conservation status

Eucalyptus albens threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:3154-3
WFO ID wfo-0000954369
COL ID 3BPL3
BDTFX ID 101642
INPN ID 445822
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Eucalyptus albens Eucalyptus albens var. elongata Eucalyptus hemiphloia var. albens