Eucalyptus torquata Luehm.

Coral gum (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Eucalyptus l'hér.

Characteristics

Tree to 11 m. Bark to 4 m rough, dark grey, slightly fissured, then smooth, grey-brown above. Juvenile leaves lanceolate. Adult leaves lanceolate, sometimes falcate, acuminate or uncinate; lamina 9–12 cm long, 1.5–2 cm wide, dull, grey-green; lateral veins faint, at 35°–40°; intramarginal vein up to 2 mm from margin; petiole terete, 15–20 mm long. Umbels 7-flowered; peduncle slender, terete, recurved, 15–32 mm long; pedicels 13–20 mm long. Buds cylindrical; operculum rostrate, corrugated at base, 10–15 mm long, 8–10 mm wide; hypanthium cylindrical, smooth or striate, swollen and corrugated at base, 8–10 mm long, 6–8 mm wide. Fruits subcylindrical or ovoid, striate, 12–15 mm long, with a swollen corrugated base 8–12 mm wide; disc descending steeply, broad; 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) 7.0 - 10.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grows in shallow rocky soil on low hills in lowopen forest and woodland.
More
Hillsides, on stony loam or clay soils and red sands.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 2-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses bee plant environmental use essential oil fuel material 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°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Eucalyptus torquata flower picture by Salah NAIM (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Eucalyptus torquata world distribution map, present in Australia, Morocco, United States of America, and South Africa

Conservation status

Eucalyptus torquata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:593426-1
WFO ID wfo-0000956049
COL ID 3BQLF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 445842
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Synonyms

Eucalyptus torquata