Eucalyptus cloeziana F.Muell.

Cloeziana gum (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Eucalyptus l'hér.

Characteristics

Tree to 55 m. Bark longitudinally fissured or tessellated, brown, grey or grey-yellow on trunk and sometimes on larger branches; smaller branches smooth, grey-white or yellow. Juvenile leaves ovate or broadly lanceolate. Adult leaves narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, acuminate; lamina 8–13 cm long, 1–3 cm wide; lateral veins just visible, at 40°–50°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole flattened, 10–15 mm long. Peduncle terete or angular, 5–10 mm long; pedicels 1–4 mm long. Operculum hemispherical or conical, 2–3 mm long, 3–4 mm wide; hypanthium hemispherical, 2–4 mm long, 3–4 mm wide. Fruits 5–10 mm long, 6–12 mm wide.
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Umbels 4–6-flowered; peduncles stout, 0·5–1 cm. long; buds 0·5 x 0·5 cm., clavate to globular-ovoid, pedicellate; operculum thick, hemispherical, 1/2 the length of the receptacle-tube.
Inflorescence a broad, terminal, many-flowered panicle, sometimes longer than the leaves; branches robust.
Bark dark brown, flaky-fibrous, persistent throughout, of the stringybark type.
Fruit 0·9 x 1 cm., hemispherical; valves shortly exserted.
Leaves up to 12 x 3 cm., lanceolate, acuminate.
Medium-sized tree.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 27.5 - 32.5
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Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tall, forest tree on deeper, fertile soils; a component of low, open forest on shallower, poorer soils derived from sandstone or granite.
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Grows in open forest and woodland, often dominant, on plateaus, tablelands and slopes.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses charcoal essential oil material medicinal timber wood
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Optimum temperature (C°) 22 - 32
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Images

Eucalyptus cloeziana unspecified picture

Distribution

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

Conservation status

Eucalyptus cloeziana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:592804-1
WFO ID wfo-0000954668
COL ID 3BPS5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Eucalyptus cloeziana Eucalyptus stannariensis