Eucalyptus rudis Endl.

Western australian floodedgum (en), Eucalyptus rude (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Eucalyptus l'hér.

Characteristics

Trees, 9-15 m tall. Bark on trunk and larger branches blackish, rough, persistent but gray; bark on smaller branches smooth, exfoliating. Branchlets glossy. Young leaves 4 pairs, opposite; leaf blade broadly lanceolate to ovate. Mature leaves alternate; petiole 1.5-3 cm; leaf blade narrowly lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, 10-15 × 1-2 cm or wider, secondary veins conspicuous and at an angle of 55°-60° from midvein, intramarginal veins 1-1.5 mm from margin. Inflorescences axillary, simple, umbels 4-10-flowered; peduncle 1-2.5 cm, terete. Flower buds ovoid, 9-11 mm. Hypanthium obconic, 3-4 mm; stipe 3-5 mm; calyptra 5-7 mm, slightly longer than hypanthium, apex acute. Stamens 5-8 mm; filaments slender; anthers ovoid, dorsifixed, dehiscing longitudinally, glands small. Capsule bowl-shaped to obconic, 4-6 × 6-9 mm; disk broad; valves 4, exserted from hypanthium. Fl. winter.
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Tree to 20 m. Bark rough, fibrous, grey on trunk and larger branches, then smooth and grey above. Juvenile leaves ovate or orbicular, dull, grey-green, slightly discolorous to concolorous. Adult leaves lanceolate, acuminate, moderately thick; lamina 9–14 cm long, 1.3–3 cm wide, green; lateral veins at 40°–50°; intramarginal vein up to 2 mm from margin; petiole quadrangular or terete, 15–30 mm long. Umbels 7-flowered; peduncle terete or quadrangular, 6–15 mm long; pedicels 4–8 mm long. Buds ovoid to fusiform; operculum conical, 6–8 mm long and wide; hypanthium obconical, 3–4 mm long, 6–8 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical, obconical or campanulate, 4–6 mm long, 6–9 mm wide; disc broad, usually level, sometimes slightly convex or descending; valves 4. Seeds brown.
Tree to 20 m with rough fibrous bark on trunk and lower branches, smooth above.. Juvenile leaves ovate or round; adult lanceolate, 9–14 cm long, 1.3–3 cm wide; petiole terete or quadrangular, 1.3–3 cm long.. Umbels 7-flowered; peduncle terete or quadrangular, 0.6–1.5[2] cm long; pedicels 4–8[13] mm long.. Buds ovoid to fusiform; operculum conical, 6–8 mm wide.. Fruits hemispherical, [globose] obconic or campanulate, 4–6 mm long, 6–9 mm wide with broad usually level or sometimes slightly convex or descending disc [often with flanged rim], valves exsert; seed brown to black, pitted.. Fig. 10/36.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 12.0 - 15.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Moist flats and along the banks of streams, occasionally in the bed of seasonal streams; at elevations up to 220 metres.
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Found mainly on river flats, along watercourses and onto damp slopes in open forest and woodland.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses afforestation bee plant environmental use essential oil fuel invertebrate food material medicinal wood
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Therapeutic use Insecticides (leaf)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Optimum temperature (C°) 20 - 32
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Images

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Distribution

Eucalyptus rudis world distribution map, present in Australia, Brazil, China, and United States of America

Conservation status

Eucalyptus rudis threat status: Near Threatened

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:593327-1
WFO ID wfo-0000955830
COL ID 3BQG6
BDTFX ID 101386
INPN ID 611741
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Eucalyptus rudis

Lower taxons

Eucalyptus rudis subsp. rudis Eucalyptus rudis subsp. cratyantha