Eucalyptus obliqua l'hér. Blume

Messmate (en), Eucalyptus oblique (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Eucalyptus l'hér.

Characteristics

Large tree; bark persistent and fibrous on the trunk to the top and usually on branches. Juvenile lvs opposite for a few pairs, petiolate; base oblique. Petiole of intermediate and adult lvs 1-2.3 cm long; lamina of intermediate and adult lvs 7-18 × 1.5-8 cm, lanceolate, often falcate, concolorous, coriaceous, with lateral veins diverging from midrib at 30-45°; base very oblique; apex ± acuminate. Umbels axillary, of 7 or more fls; peduncles 3-15 mm long, usually markedly angular; pedicels short. Buds c. 7 mm long, ± clavate, green; operculum hemispheric, slightly < hypanthium. Stamens white; anthers reniform. Fr. pedicellate, 7-8 mm diam., almost pyriform, almost urceolate or barrel-shaped; valves 3-4, deeply included; disc broad, sloping obliquely inward.
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Tree to 90 m. Bark fibrous, stringy, furrowed throughout, grey to red-brown. Juvenile leaves ovate, oblique, often shortly acuminate; shining. Adult leaves broadly lanceolate, acuminate, lamina 10–15 cm long, 1.5–3.3 cm wide, dark green, shining; lateral veins just visible, at 20°–30°; intramarginal vein c. 1 mm from margin; petiole channelled, 7–17 mm long. Umbels with 11 or more flowers; peduncle angular or flattened, 4–15 mm long; pedicels 1–6 mm long. Buds clavate; operculum hemispherical, apiculate, 1–2 mm long, 2–3 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, 2–4 mm long, 2–3 mm wide. Fruits ovoid, subglobular, barrel-shaped or urceolate, 6–11 mm long, 5–9 mm wide; disc level or steeply descending; valves 3 or 4, level to included. Seeds brown.
Tree to 90 m with grey to red-brown furrowed stringy fibrous bark throughout.. Juvenile leaves ovate, oblique; adult broadly lanceolate, 10–15 cm long, 1.5–5 cm wide, shining; petiole channelled, 0.7–1.7 cm long.. Umbels 11-or more-flowered; peduncles angular or flattened, 0.4–1.5 cm long; pedicels 1–6 mm long.. Buds clavate; operculum hemispherical, 1–2 mm long, 2–3 mm wide, apiculate.. Calyx-tube 2–4 mm long, 2–3 mm wide.. Fruits ovoid, subglobose, barrel-shaped or urceolate, 6–11 mm long, 5–9 mm wide with level or steeply descending disc and 3–4 included valves.. Fig. 8/27, 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) 60.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Closed forests and wet sclerophyll forests in mountains in areas with winter frosts, often forming pure stands; at elevations up to 1,300 metres.
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Closed forests and wet sclerophyll forests in mountains in areas with winter frosts, often forming pure stands; at elevations up to 1,300 metres.
Grows on hills or mountains, in tall open forest.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-7
Soil texture 2-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses bee plant charcoal dye essential oil fiber fuel gum invertebrate food material medicinal ornamental timber wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use Anti-bacterial agents (leaf), Antifungal agents (leaf)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) 18 - 30
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Eucalyptus obliqua l'hér. unspecified picture

Distribution

Eucalyptus obliqua l'hér. world distribution map, present in Australia, Brazil, Myanmar, New Zealand, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:593175-1
WFO ID wfo-0000955448
COL ID 3BQ9P
BDTFX ID 101369
INPN ID 611718
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Eucalyptus decaisneana Eucalyptus fabrorum Eucalyptus falcifolia Eucalyptus heterophylla Eucalyptus obliqua l'hér. Eucalyptus pallens Eucalyptus procera Eucalyptus nervosa Eucalyptus obliqua Eucalyptus obliqua var. degressa Eucalyptus obliqua var. megacarpa