Eucalyptus eugenioides Sieber ex Spreng.

Thin-leaf stringybark (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Eucalyptus l'hér.

Characteristics

Tree to 35 m. Bark grey-brown. Juvenile leaves ovate, undulate, green, the lower slightly hairy, the upper glabrous, discolorous. Adult leaves lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, acuminate, thin; lamina 7–13 cm long, 1.3–3 cm wide, green, slightly discolorous; lateral veins faint, at 30°–40°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole flattened or channelled, 8–15 mm long. Umbels 7–11-flowered or more; peduncle flattened, 3–13 mm long; pedicels absent or to 2 mm long. Buds fusiform or clavate, minutely glandular; operculum conical or hemispherical and apiculate, 2–3 mm long, 3–4 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, 2–3 mm long, 3–4 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical or subglobular, 4–8 mm long, 6–11 mm wide; disc broad, convex, ascending; valves 3 or 4, level.
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Tree to 30 m. Bark grey to brown. Juvenile leaves narrowly ovate, dark green, discolorous. Adult leaves lanceolate, acuminate; lamina 10–14 cm long, 2.5–3.3 cm wide, green, concolorous or slightly discolorous; lateral veins faint, at 20°–30°; intramarginal vein up to 3 mm from margin; petiole channelled, 10–17 mm long. Umbels 7–11-flowered, sometimes more; peduncle angular or flattened, 6–16 mm long; pedicels 1–5 mm long, sometimes absent. Buds fusiform; operculum conical, 2–4 mm long, 3–4 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, 2–3 mm long, 3–4 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical, globular or subglobular, 4–8 mm long, 5–9 mm wide; disc broad, just descending, level, convex, or slightly ascending; valves 3 or 4, included, level or exserted.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 20.0 - 29.85
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Closed mixed good-quality forest on a wide variety of soils; at elevations up to 1,000 metres.
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Grows on hills or undulating country, in open forest.
Grows on the slopes of tablelands, in open forest.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses essential oil material timber wood
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) 18 - 28
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Images

Eucalyptus eugenioides unspecified picture

Distribution

Eucalyptus eugenioides world distribution map, present in Australia, Brazil, China, Sri Lanka, and New Zealand

Conservation status

Eucalyptus eugenioides threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:592915-1
WFO ID wfo-0000954896
COL ID 3BPWX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Eucalyptus wiburdi Eucalyptus wilkinsoniana Eucalyptus eugenioides Eucalyptus acervula Eucalyptus eugenioides var. nana Eucalyptus laevopinea var. minor Eucalyptus wilkinsoniana var. crassifructa