Eucalyptus laevopinea R.T.Baker

Silvertop stringybark (en), Eucalyptus à lévopinène (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Eucalyptus l'hér.

Characteristics

Tree to 40 m. Bark smooth and white on smaller branches, fibrous and grey to red-brown elsewhere. Juvenile leaves ovate, green, discolorous. Adult leaves lanceolate, often falcate, acuminate; lamina 9.5–14 cm long, 1.5–2.5 cm wide, green, concolorous lateral veins clearly visible, at 25°–40°; intramarginal vein up to 2 mm from margin; petiole channelled or flat, 10–20 mm long. Umbels 7–11-flowered; peduncle angular or flattened, 5–20 mm long; pedicels 1–6 mm long. Buds clavate; operculum hemispherical, apiculate, 3–4 mm long, 4–5 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, 3–4 mm long, 4–5 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical to subglobular, 6–11 mm long, 7–12 mm wide; disc broad, level or convex; valves 3 or 4, slightly included to exserted.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 30.0 - 35.0
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Environment

Grows on undulating and hilly areas and ridges of coastaltablelands and escarpments, in open forest and tall open forest in basaltic orgranitic soils.
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Widespread and abundant, in wet or dry sclerophyll or grassy forest on medium to high fertility soils in wetter areas.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses essential oil material timber wood
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

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Distribution

Eucalyptus laevopinea world distribution map, present in Australia and South Africa

Conservation status

Eucalyptus laevopinea threat status: Near Threatened

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:593047-1
WFO ID wfo-0000955192
COL ID 3BQ4L
BDTFX ID 101376
INPN ID 611720
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Eucalyptus laevopinea Eucalyptus macrorhyncha var. brachycorys