Eucryphia glutinosa

Sticky Scheinulme ( Eucryphia glutinosa)

The Sticky Scheinulme ( Eucryphia glutinosa ) is a plant of the genus bill elm ( Eucryphia ) in the family Cunoniaceae. It is native to Chile.

Description

The Sticky Scheinulme grows as a shrub or small tree, reaching heights of growth of up to 8 meters. They often grow more stocky and forms a relatively slender crown. The plant is summer green to semi-evergreen. The leaves are shiny dark green; they are pinnate three parts; the leaflets have a serrated edge. Before the leaves fall in autumn, they turn yellow to red.

It blooms in late summer. The flowers smell sweet and are an attractive bee costume represents the flower has four white petals and numerous stamens with yellow stamens and red anthers.

Dissemination

The home of Sticky Scheinulme located in Chile. Their stocks range from the province of Linares in the Maule Region to the province Malleco in the Región de la Araucanía.

Taxonomy

The first description was in 1838 under the name ( basionym ) Fagus glutinosus Poepp. & Endl. by Eduard Friedrich Poeppig and Stephan Ladislaus finite in Nova genera ac species plantarum quas in regno chilensi, Peruviano et in terra amazonica ..., 2, p 68, table 194 by Henri Ernest Baillon The new combination was in 1869 in Histoire des Plantes, Volume 1, pp. 401 published. Another synonym of Eucryphia glutinosa ( Poepp. & Endl. ) Baill. is Eucryphia pinnatifolia Gay. Some sources indicate that Eucryphia cordifolia Cav. the accepted name.

Use

In climatically favored areas with mild winters, but not too hot summers, for example in the British Isles, the Sticky Scheinulme is planted for their blooms as an ornamental shrub. It is the hardiest Eucryphia -art, yet it is not for the Central European climate hardy.