Eucalyptus capitellata Sm.

Brown stringybark (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Eucalyptus l'hér.

Characteristics

Tree to 20 m. Bark grey-brown. Juvenile leaves broadly lanceolate, undulate, green, discolorous. Adult leaves lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, falcate, mucronate to acuminate, thick; lamina 8–17 cm long, 1.9–3 cm wide, shining, green, concolorous; lateral veins clearly visible, at 30°–45°; intramarginal vein up to 3 mm from margin; petiole flattened or channelled, 10–20 mm long. Umbels 7–11-flowered or sometimes more; peduncle flattened or angular, 7–15 mm long; pedicels absent. Buds fusiform; operculum conical, 4–5 mm long and wide; hypanthium obconical, 4–6 mm long, 4–5 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical or subglobular, 5–8 mm long, 7–12 mm wide; disc broad, level or convex, often red; valves 3 or 4, level.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 15.0 - 20.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Usually growing in poor sandy soil, in open dry sclerophyll forest.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Images

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Distribution

Eucalyptus capitellata world distribution map, present in Australia, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Province of China, and South Africa

Conservation status

Eucalyptus capitellata threat status: Near Threatened

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:592788-1
WFO ID wfo-0000954626
COL ID 3BPR8
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Eucalyptus triantha Eucalyptus capitellata Eucalyptus triantha var. carnea