Eucalyptus odorata Behr

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Eucalyptus l'hér.

Characteristics

Tree or mallee to 15 m. Bark rough, fibrous, grey on most of trunk, then smooth and grey-brown above. Juvenile leaves elliptic to ovate, green, slightly discolorous. Adult leaves narrowly lanceolate or lanceolate, acute or acuminate, green; lateral veins faint, at 20°–30°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin. Conflorescence axillary, simple; umbels 7–11-flowered; peduncle quadrangular. Buds fusiform to clavate. Fruits cylindrical to ovoid; disc broad, descending; valves 4 or 5, included.
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Usually a mallee to 8 m. Adult leaves narrowly lanceolate; lamina 6.5–9.5 cm long, 0.5–1 cm wide; petiole terete or slightly flattened, 7–12 mm long. Peduncle 7–12 mm long; pedicels 2–5 mm long. Operculum conical, 3–4 mm long and wide; hypanthium obconical to obovoid, 4–5 mm long, 3–4 mm wide. Fruits 4–7 mm long, 5–6 mm wide.
Adult leaves lanceolate; lamina 6–10 cm long, 0.9–1.8 cm wide; petiole terete, 7–15 mm long. Peduncle 5–9 mm long; pedicels 2–3 mm long. Operculum conical, 2–3 mm long, 3–4 mm wide; hypanthium obovoid, 3–4 mm long and wide. Fruits 4–7 mm long, 4–6 mm wide.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 5.5 - 6.5
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grows in red-brown loamy soil on plains and low hills in open woodland.
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Often found in loamy soil on flats in mallee scrub.
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Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

Uses bee plant dye environmental use essential oil fiber fuel invertebrate food material medicinal wood
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

Eucalyptus odorata unspecified picture

Distribution

Eucalyptus odorata world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Eucalyptus odorata threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:593184-1
WFO ID wfo-0000955473
COL ID 3BQ9Y
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Eucalyptus odorata

Lower taxons

Eucalyptus odorata var. odorata Eucalyptus odorata var. angustifolia