Eucalyptus blakelyi Maiden

Eucalyptus de Blakely (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Eucalyptus l'hér.

Characteristics

Trees, to 21 m tall. Bark white or gray with grayish blue, pink, or cream colored patches, smooth, exfoliating. Branchlets slender, ridged. Young leaves opposite, shortly petiolate; leaf blade ovate to rounded, 7-10 × 5-7 cm, leathery, glaucescent. Mature leaves with a slender 1.5-2.5 cm petiole; leaf blade lanceolate, 9-18 × 1.5-3 cm, falcate, leathery, secondary veins at an angle of ca. 45° from midvein, intramarginal veins near to margin. Inflorescences axillary, simple, umbels 4-8-flowered; peduncle 1-1.5 cm, slender, terete. Flower buds spindle-shaped, 7-10 × 4-5 mm. Hypanthium semiglobose, 2-3 mm; stipe ca. 3 mm; calyptra long awl-shaped, 5-7 mm. Capsule semiglobose, 5-6 × ca. 5 mm; disk broad; valves 3 or 4, exserted from hypanthium. Fl. Nov-Dec.
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Tree to 25 m. Bark smooth throughout, white or grey with grey-blue, pink or cream-yellow patches. Juvenile leaves ovate to suborbicular, grey-green, concolorous. Adult leaves lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, moderately thick lamina 9–16 cm long, 1–2 cm wide, green; lateral veins at 35°–50°; intramarginal vein up to 2 mm from margin; petiole terete, 15–22 mm long. Umbels 7–11-flowered; peduncle terete or angular, 7–19 mm long; pedicels 1–10 mm long. Buds conical, sometimes glaucous; operculum conical, 5–8 mm long, 3–5 mm wide; hypanthium hemispherical, 3–4 mm long, 3–5 mm wide. Fruits ovoid, subglobular or hemispherical, 4–7 mm long, 4–8 mm wide; disc broad, ascending; valves 3 or 4. Seeds brown-black.
Tree to 25 m with smooth patchy bark.. Juvenile leaves ovate or ± rounded; adult lanceolate, 9–16 cm long, 1–2 cm wide; petiole ± terete, 1.5–2.2 cm long.. Umbels 7–11-flowered; peduncle terete or angular, [0.5] 0.7–1.9 cm long; pedicels [angular] 1–10 mm long.. Operculum conical, 5–8 mm long, 3–5 mm wide.. Calyx-tube hemispherical, 3–4 mm long, 3–5 mm wide.. Fruits ovoid, ± globose or hemispherical, 4–7 mm long, 4–8 mm wide with broad ascending disc and 3–4 exserted valves; seed black.. Fig. 5/2, p. 30
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 20.5
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Woodland and open forest. Widespread and abundant, in grassy woodlands on various usually moderately fertile soils.
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Grows in woodland and open forest.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses bee plant dye environmental use essential oil fiber fuel material medicinal wood
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

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Distribution

Eucalyptus blakelyi world distribution map, present in Australia, China, and South Africa

Conservation status

Eucalyptus blakelyi threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:592735-1
WFO ID wfo-0000954518
COL ID 3BPP6
BDTFX ID 119861
INPN ID 717756
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Synonyms

Eucalyptus blakelyi Eucalyptus blakelyi var. irrorata Eucalyptus blakelyi var. parvifructa