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Eucalyptus pulchella Desf.

Eucalyptus linéaire (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Eucalyptus l'hér.

Characteristics

Small to large tree (up to c. 30 m high in cultivation), often with several trunks; bark thin and always deciduous, exposing the smooth, mottled, whitish or pale grey trunks. Lvs peppermint-scented; juvenile c. opposite for 10 pairs, sessile, ± narrow-lanceolate; base symmetric. Adult lvs with petiole < 7 mm long; lamina 4-9 × 0.3-0.5-(0.7) cm, linear or narrow-linear, green, subcoriaceous, with inconspicuous venation; base attenuate, symmetric; apex shortly aristate. Umbels axillary, usually of 7-13 fls; peduncle < 5 mm long, angular; pedicels very short. Buds < 4.5 mm long, clavate, green; operculum hemispheric, < hypanthium, apiculate or acute. Stamens white; anthers reniform. Fr. subsessile, 5-5.5 × 5-6.5 mm, broadly pyriform to almost hemispheric; valves 4, ± level with capsule rim; disc 1-1.5 mm wide, flat or ± convex.
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Tree to 21 m. Bark smooth throughout, yellow to white and grey. Juvenile leaves linear, green. Adult leaves linear, acuminate or uncinate, thin; lamina 5–10 cm long, 0.2–0.7 cm wide, green; lateral veins faint, at 10°–20°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete, 4–7 mm long. Umbels with 15 or more flowers; peduncle angular or flattened, 3–8 mm long; pedicels 1–3 mm long. Operculum hemispherical, 1–2 mm long, 2–3 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, 2–3 mm long and wide. Fruits subglobular or subpyriform, 5–6 mm long, 5–7 mm wide; disc broad, level or descending; valves 4, ±level.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 15.0 - 20.0
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Hilly to undulating country, often on skeletal soils; at elevations from 150-450 metres.
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Grows inhilly areas in open forest.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses essential oil wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
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°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) 15 - 22
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Eucalyptus pulchella unspecified picture

Distribution

Eucalyptus pulchella world distribution map, present in Australia, Brazil, and New Zealand

Conservation status

Eucalyptus pulchella threat status: Near Threatened

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:593282-1
WFO ID wfo-0000955707
COL ID 6H6DV
BDTFX ID 101399
INPN ID 621619
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Eucalyptus linearis Eucalyptus pulchella Eucalyptus amygdalina var. angustifolia
WorldFloraDB 2024