Corymbia ficifolia
Corymbia ficifolia
Corymbia ficifolia is a flowering plant in the myrtle family ( Myrtaceae ). It occurs in the southwest of Western Australia. where it is known "Red -flowering Gum".
Description
Appearance and leaf
Corymbia ficifolia grows as a bushy tree reaching heights of growth 2-10 meters. The bark remains on the entire tree is gray-brown to red-brown, like a chess board or short-fibred and possesses glands. In bone marrow oil glands are present.
In Corymbia ficifolia is available Heterophyllie. The leaves are always divided into petiole and leaf blade. The leaf blade of young specimens is lanceolate to ovate and has stiff simple hairs and stiff glandular hairs. The leaf blade to middle-aged plants is lanceolate to elliptic, straight, entire, and dull green. The cross-sectional narrow flattened or sometimes channel-shaped petiole of adult specimens is 10 to 20 mm long. The leaf blade of adult specimens is relatively thick, broad - lanceolate to ovate with a length of 7.5 to 15 cm and a width of 3 to 5 cm, straight, with tapered or rounded Spreitenbasis and acute, or obtuse bespitztem upper end. Your leaf top and bottom is colored differently shiny green. The raised or barely discernible lateral nerves go at small distances from at an obtuse angle from the midrib. On each half of the sheet, there is a strong, consistent, so-called intra- marginal nerve; he runs along at a short distance on the leaf margin. The cotyledons ( cotyledons ) are nearly circular.
Inflorescence and flower
The flowering period extends into Western Australia from December or January to May. Terminally on a terete with a length of 15 to 25 mm in cross section inflorescence stem is a composite inflorescence, consisting of doldigen part inflorescences, each with three to seven flowers.
The club- or top-shaped flower bud is 9-13 mm long, 6-8 mm wide and not floured blue - green or frosted. The sepals form a calyptra, which up to the opening of the flower ( anthesis ) remains. The smooth calyptra is kneecap shape and beak -shaped and narrower than the smooth flower cup ( hypanthium ). The flowers are cream to pink or red.
Fruit and seeds
The fruit is egg-shaped and stalked vierfächerig at a length of 25 to 35 mm and a diameter of 20 to 30 mm. The disc is pressed and the fruit trays are included.
The regular or laterally flattened, barge - or egg-shaped seed has a net-like, matte to satin, red-brown seed coat. The hilum is located at the upper end of the seed.
Occurrence
The natural range of Corymbia ficifolia are the South Coast and coastal areas east and west of Albany in Western Australia. In Western Australia Corymbia ficifolia comes to independent districts Albany, Denmark, Manjimup and Plantagenet ago in the regions of Southwest and Great Southern.
Corymbia ficifolia thrives on white and gray sand or sandy loam soils, often with gravel. He is preferred before on slopes.
Taxonomy
The first publication was in 1860 by Ferdinand von Mueller under the name ( basionym ) Eucalyptus ficifolia F.Muell. in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae, Volume 2 (13 ), p 15 The type material, the label Prope litora aestuarii "Broken Inlet " Novae Hollandiae Austro occidentalis. Mx. on. The recombination Corymbia ficifolia to ( F.Muell. ) KDHill & LASJohnson took place in 1995 under the title Systematic studies in the Eucalypts. 7 A revision of the blood woods, genus Corymbia ( Myrtaceae ) in Telopea, Volume 6 (2-3 ), pp. 245 Other synonyms for Corymbia ficifolia ( F.Muell. ) KdHill & LASJohnson is Eucalyptus ficifolia var.carmina Blakely.
Use
Corymbia ficifolia is used as an ornamental plant in gardens and parks, and along roadsides. There are varieties.