Eucalyptus diversicolor

Forest with Karribäumen (Eucalyptus diversicolor )

The Karribaum (Eucalyptus diversicolor ) is a flowering plant in the myrtle family ( Myrtaceae ). It occurs in the southwest of Western Australia and is called there " Karri ".

Description

Appearance and leaf

Eucalyptus diversicolor grows as a tree, the plant height of 10 to 60 meters, rarely to 90 meters, achieved the smooth bark peels off in short ribbons or small polygonal patch is white, gray, salmon pink, orange or yellow and has glands. In bone marrow oil glands are present.

When Karri tree located in front of Heterophyllie. The leaves of medium old specimens have petioles and the leaf blade is lanceolate simple elliptic, falcate, entire and shiny green. The matte, two-color ( ie different on top and bottom ) green leaves on adult specimens are relatively thick, broad - lanceolate, crescent- shaped and tapering towards the base with a pointed top. The lateral nerves are raised or hardly recognizable. The cotyledons ( cotyledons ) are kidney-shaped.

Inflorescence, flower and fruit

The flowering period in Western Australia is in May, September-December or January-February. Constantly on a page with a diameter of up to 3 mm in cross section, narrow flattened or angular inflorescence stem is a simple inflorescence, which contains seven flowers.

The flower bud is club-shaped and not blue - green flour dusted or frosted. The hermaphrodite flower is radial symmetry with a double perianth. The sepals form a calyptra, which drops early. The calyptra is conical, as long and as wide as the flower cups. The flower cup ( hypanthium ) is smooth. The flowers are white or cream-colored.

The fruit is spherical or ovoid and has a handle. The disc is pressed. The fruit bins are included, or the height of the rim.

Occurrence

The natural range of the Karribaumes is only the extreme south-west of Western Australia. There Eucalyptus diversicolor comes to independent districts Albany, Augusta- Margaret River, Bridgetown - Greenbushes, Busselton, Capel, Cranbrook, Denmark, Manjimup, Nannup and Plantagenet ago in the regions South West and Great Southern. The Karribaum thrives on sandy loam soils on slopes.

Taxonomy

The first description of Eucalyptus diversicolor was made in 1863 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae, Volume 3 (22 ), pp. 131 The type material has the inscription " In Australiae regionibus depressioribus quam maxime Austro- occidentalibus, ubi Blue Gum -tree vocatur. A. Oldfield "on. The specific epithet diversicolor is composed of the Latin words for diversus different and color for color together and refers to the different colors of the top and bottom of the leaves.

Known single copies

• Diamond Tree, a well-known Karribaum at Manjimup with a 52 meter high viewing platform.