Eucalyptus quadrangulata Deane & Maiden

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Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Eucalyptus l'hér.

Characteristics

Tree to 45 m. Bark rough, fibrous throughout, often tessellated, grey-brown. Juvenile leaves opposite, sessile, amplexicaul, lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, green, discolorous. Adult leaves alternate, narrowly lanceolate, acuminate; lamina 12–20 cm long, 1–2 cm wide, slightly shining, green, concolorous; lateral veins faint, at 35°–45°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole slightly flattened, 12–20 mm long. Umbels 7-flowered; peduncle slightly flattened, 8–12 mm long; pedicels absent or to 2 mm long. Buds ovoid or fusiform; operculum conical, 2–3 mm long, 3–4 mm wide; hypanthium hemispherical or obconical, 3–4 mm long and wide. Fruits obconical to campanulate, 5–7 mm long, 4–6 mm wide; disc narrow, level; valves 3 or 4, exserted.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 40.0 - 45.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Tall wet forest on shallower usually sloping soils of medium fertility on higher eastern fall of tablelands; at elevations from 100-900 metres.
More
Grows on slopes andedges of tablelands in heavy soils in forest including wet sclerophyll forest.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Optimum temperature (C°) 17 - 27
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Images

Eucalyptus quadrangulata unspecified picture

Distribution

Eucalyptus quadrangulata world distribution map, present in Argentina and Australia

Conservation status

Eucalyptus quadrangulata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:593294-1
WFO ID wfo-0000955738
COL ID 6H6DG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 445838
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Eucalyptus quadrangulata