Lophostemon confertus (R.Br.) Peter G.wilson & J.T.Waterh.

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Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Lophostemon

Characteristics

Trees, to 20 m tall, d.b.h. to 50 cm. Bark blackish brown, ± persistent, rigid. Branchlets at first flat and ridged but becoming terete, puberulous. Leaves clustered at apex of branches, pseudo-whorled; petiole 1-2 cm, flattened; leaf blade oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 7-15 × 3-7 cm, leathery, abaxially sometimes gray ish, adaxially with subdermal pellucid punctate oily glands, secondary veins 12-18 on each side of midvein, 3-6 mm apart, at an angle of 50°-60° from midvein, and abaxially slightly raised, reticulate veins conspicuous, base cuneate, apex acuminate to sharply pointed. Cymes axillary, 2-3 cm, 3-7-flowered; peduncle 0.6-1.5 cm. Pedicel 3-6 mm. Hypanthium obconic, 4-5 mm, grayish white sericeous. Sepals triangular, 4-5 mm, apex sharply pointed. Petals obovate-rounded, ca. 6 mm, outer surface pubescent. Stamen bundles 1-1.2 cm; filaments partly distinct; anthers ca. 0.5 mm. Capsule semiglobose, 8-10 mm in diam., enclosed in hypanthium, apex truncate. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Aug-Sep.
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Tree 5–30 m tall, 1.3 m girth, with longitudinally furrowed stringy bark.. Leaves in whorls of 4–5, elliptic to lanceolate, 7–17 cm long, 2–6.5 cm wide, acute to acuminate at apex.. Flowers scented, in few-flowered axillary cymes.. Calyx long white-hairy; lobes narrow and acute.. Petals white.. Stamens in 5 bundles with linear claws as long as petals.. Fruit hemispherical to cup-shaped, 7–10 mm long, 9–12 mm wide.. Fig. 3, p. 12.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 2.0
Mature height (meter) 20.0 - 25.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

An emergent tree on the edges of rainforest and in most types of eucalypt forests.
Light 4-8
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses bee plant environmental use material ornamental seasoning timber 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°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 18 - 28
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Lophostemon confertus habit picture by Danielle Stig (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Lophostemon confertus leaf picture by Bradford Claire (cc-by-sa)
Lophostemon confertus leaf picture by Danielle Stig (cc-by-sa)
Lophostemon confertus leaf picture by Danielle Stig (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Lophostemon confertus flower picture by Mairead Tamsin Young Tamsin (cc-by-sa)
Lophostemon confertus flower picture by Bradford Claire (cc-by-sa)
Lophostemon confertus flower picture by Danielle Stig (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Lophostemon confertus fruit picture by Danielle Stig (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Lophostemon confertus world distribution map, present in Australia, China, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mozambique, Taiwan, Province of China, United States of America, and South Africa

Conservation status

Lophostemon confertus threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:910845-1
WFO ID wfo-0000230658
COL ID 3W4G6
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Tristania conferta Tristania subverticillata Lophostemon arborescens Tristania depressa Tristania griffithii Tristania macrophylla Tristania conferta var. fibrosa Tristania conferta var. microcarpa Melaleuca conferta Tristania conferta var. typica Lophostemon confertus