WorldFloraDB - Eucalyptus lehmannii

Characteristics

Mallee to 3 m. Bark smooth, grey, grey-brown or grey-red, often with accumulated older bark at base of trunk. Juvenile leaves alternate, ovate or orbicular, stellate hairy. Adult leaves elliptic to lanceolate, apiculate; lamina 5–7 cm long, 1–2 cm wide; lateral veins at 25°–35°; intramarginal vein up to 2 mm from margin; petiole flattened or angular, 5–10 mm long. Umbels 7–22-flowered; peduncle 35–45 mm long, at first erect, but recurved at maturity. Buds horn-shaped; operculum acutely conical, 25–35 mm long, 4–7 mm wide; hypanthia fused. Fruits aggregated into a globular, woody head 3.5–4.5 cm diam.; disc obscure; valves 3 or 4, exserted.

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Perennial, evergreen tree, up to 6 m high; dense, rounded, bushy, branching near ground level, bark smooth grey-brown. Leaves light green; adult leaves 70-90 mm long, more tapering than juvenile leaves. Flowers greenish yellow with long-exserted stamens, in large, fused clusters, buds capped with elongated, curved, finger-like lids, 50 mm long. Flowering time June-Jan. Fruit a greyish brown capsule, fused into a wooden mass, up to 50 x 80 mm.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

tree

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

2.5

Mature height (meter)

5.0 - 6.0

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

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Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Grows on rocky hills,and steep upper slopes in gravelly soil in shrubland.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	bee plant environmental use material
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
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Cultivation

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Minimum temperature (C°)	-7
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