Eucalyptus platyphylla F.Muell.

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Eucalyptus l'hér.

Characteristics

Trees, medium sized. Bark whitish to brownish, smooth, exfoliating. Branchlets terete. Young leaves opposite; leaf blade rounded, cordate, or broadly lanceolate, ca. 30 × 28 cm, leathery. Mature leaves with a slightly flattened 2-3 cm petiole; leaf blade rounded to broadly ovate, 7-13 × 6-11 cm, secondary veins few and 10-15 apart, intramarginal veins 1-1.5 mm from margin, base broad but abruptly decurrent, apex obtuse. Inflorescences axillary, simple, umbels 3-7-flowered; peduncle 5-6 mm, terete or compressed. Flower buds obovoid, 6-8 × ca. 5 mm. Hypanthium obconic, 4-5 mm, 2-ridged; stipe 0-3 mm; calyptra semiglobose, shorter than or as long as hypanthium, apex rounded. Capsule semiglobose to awl-shaped, 5-6 × 7-9 mm; disk moderately broad; valves 3 or 4, exserted from hypanthium. Fl. Oct-Nov.
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Tree to 20 m, deciduous. Bark white, grey or tan, often powdery. Juvenile leaves alternate, broadly lanceolate to ovate, slightly discolorous. Adult leaves alternate, orbicular, cordate or rhomboid, rarely lanceolate, rounded or apiculate, thin, lamina 7–13 cm long, 5–9 cm wide, green, concolorous; lateral veins visible, at 45°–55°; intramarginal vein up to 2 mm from margin; petiole angular or terete, 30–40 mm long. Umbels 3–7-flowered; peduncle quadrangular, 3–7 mm long; pedicels absent or to 3 mm long. Buds ovoid; operculum hemispherical, sometimes apiculate, 3–5 mm long, 5–6 mm wide; hypanthium hemispherical to obconical, 3–5 mm long, 5–6 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical to turbinate, several-ribbed, 5–6 mm long, 7–9 mm wide; disc moderately broad, level or convex; valves 3 or 4, exserted.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Grows mostly within 100 km of the coast onfertile flats which may be moist for long periods, and on ridges, usually inclayey soils.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Images

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Distribution

Eucalyptus platyphylla world distribution map, present in Australia, Brazil, and China

Conservation status

Eucalyptus platyphylla threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:593255-1
WFO ID wfo-0000955644
COL ID 3BQCZ
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Synonyms

Eucalyptus platyphylla