Eucalyptus resinifera J.White

Redmahogany (en), Eucalyptus (fr), Eucalyptus à résine (fr), Gommier à résine (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Eucalyptus l'hér.

Characteristics

Tree to 45 m. Juvenile leaves ovate to broadly lanceolate. Adult leaves broadly lanceolate; lamina 10–17 cm long, 1.8–3.5 cm wide; lateral veins faint to distinct, at 45°–60°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole channelled, 15–30 mm long. Umbels 7–11-flowered; peduncle flattened, 10–22 mm long; pedicels angular, 3–10 mm long. Buds rostrate; operculum conical or rostrate, 10–12 mm long, 5–7 mm wide; hypanthium hemispherical, 4–5 mm long, 5–7 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical or obconical, 6–11 mm long, 7–10 mm wide; disc level or convex.
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An erect tree. It grows 20-45 m high. The trunk is 150 cm across. The bark id reddish-brown. The leaves are sword shaped and 9-16 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. The flowers are white. The fruit are gumnuts that are half round. They are 5-11 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.5
Mature height (meter) 35.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It grows in areas with an annual rainfall below 1,000 mm. It grows below 900 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places.
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Grows on flats, in valleys and on gentleslopes, in open forest and tall open forest.
Wet or dry sclerophyll forest on deeper soils of medium to high fertility.
Wet or dry sclerophyll forest on deeper soils of medium to high fertility.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

The sap produces a sweet drink. The plant also produces an edible manna.
Uses charcoal environmental use essential oil food fuel material medicinal timber wood
Edible saps
Therapeutic use Insect repellents (leaf), Anemia, hemolytic (seed)
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°) 16 - 34
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Eucalyptus resinifera world distribution map, present in Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Spain, Fiji, France, India, Italy, Mexico, Myanmar, Mozambique, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago, Taiwan, Province of China, United States of America, Viet Nam, and South Africa

Conservation status

Eucalyptus resinifera threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:593305-1
WFO ID wfo-0000955779
COL ID 3BQFD
BDTFX ID 25720
INPN ID 97408
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Melaleuca gummifera Eucalyptus hemilampra Eucalyptus resinifera Eucalyptus resinifera var. grandiflora Eucalyptus resinifera subsp. hemilampra Eucalyptus resinifera var. hemilampra