Eucalyptus muelleriana Howitt

Yellow stringybark (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Eucalyptus l'hér.

Characteristics

Tree to 40 m. Bark thick, grey-brown. Juvenile leaves ovate, often oblique, green, discolorous. Adult leaves broadly lanceolate to lanceolate, acuminate; lamina 8–13 cm long, 1.5–2.5 cm wide, green, discolorous; lateral veins prominent, at 20°–35°; intramarginal vein faint, 1–2 mm from margin; petiole channelled, 15–20 mm long. Umbels 7–11-flowered; peduncle angular or flattened, 8–18 mm long; pedicels 1–3 mm long. Buds ovoid to clavate; operculum hemispherical to conical, 2–3 mm long, 3–4 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, 3–5 mm long, 3–4 mm wide. Fruits subglobular to truncate-ovoid, 7–10 mm long, 8–12 mm wide; disc broad, level or slightly descending or sometimes slightly convex; valves 4, slightly included or slightly exserted.
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Tree to 40 m with grey-brown fibrous stringy bark throughout.. Juvenile leaves ovate, often oblique; adult lanceolate, 8–13 cm long, 1.5–2.5 cm wide, distinctly unequal at the base; petiole channelled, 1.5–2 cm long.. Umbels 7–11-flowered; peduncle angular or flattened, 0.8–1.8[2.5] cm long; pedicels 1–3[4–6] mm long.. Buds ovoid to clavate; operculum hemispherical to conical, 2–3 mm long, 3–4 mm wide.. Calyx-tube obconical, 3–5 mm long, 3–4 mm wide.. Fruit subglobose to truncate-ovoid, 7–10[11] mm long, 8–12 mm wide with broad level, slightly descending or sometimes slightly convex disc and 4 slightly included or slightly exserted valves.. Fig. 8/26, p. 41.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 35.0
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Wet forest on coastal ranges and escarpments, usually on somewhat poorer or shallower soils. Sheltered slopes and valleys, growing on a wide range of soils; at elevations up to 600 metres.
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Wet forest on coastal ranges and escarpments, usually on somewhat poorer or shallower soils. Sheltered slopes and valleys, growing on a wide range of soils; at elevations up to 600 metres.
Grows in tall open forest, in a wide range of soils.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

Uses essential oil material timber wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
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Optimum temperature (C°) 15 - 25
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Productivity -

Images

Eucalyptus muelleriana unspecified picture

Distribution

Eucalyptus muelleriana world distribution map, present in Australia and Brazil

Conservation status

Eucalyptus muelleriana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:593145-1
WFO ID wfo-0000955398
COL ID 3BQ8H
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Eucalyptus dextropinea Eucalyptus muelleriana