Eucalyptus pellita

Eucalyptus pellita is a flowering plant within the myrtle family ( Myrtaceae ). It occurs in the northern part of the east coast of Queensland and on the south coast of Papua New Guinea, where it is " Red Mahogany ", " Large - fruited Red Mahogany ", " Daintree Stringyback " or " Red Stringyback " called.

Description

Appearance and leaf

Eucalyptus pellita grows a tree. The bark remains on the entire tree is brown or red-brown and fibrous. Oil glands there are both in the marrow and in the bark.

In Eucalyptus pellita is available Heterophyllie. The leaves are always divided into petiole and leaf blade. The petiole is narrow flattened or channel-shaped. At middle-aged specimens, the leaf blade is lanceolate to elliptic, straight, entire and shiny green. The shiny green leaves of adult specimens with different colored top and bottom sides are lanceolate or broad - lanceolate, bent relatively thick, crescent-shaped, you can taper to Spreitenbasis back and have a dull, sharp or pointed upper end. The barely visible lateral nerves go off at an obtuse angle from the midrib. The cotyledons ( cotyledons ) are reversed kidney-shaped.

Inflorescence and flower

Constantly page to a broad cross-section flattened inflorescence stem together are about three to seven flowers in a simple inflorescence. The flower buds are ovoid or spindle- shaped and not blue green flour dusted or frosted. The sepals form a calyptra, which drops early. The smooth calyptra conical, three times as long as the smooth or ribbed flower cup ( hypanthium ) and wider than this. The flowers are white or off- white.

Fruit

The fruit is hemispherical or conical. The discus is depressed, flat or raised, the fruit of subjects stand out.

Occurrence

The natural range of Eucalyptus pellita is the east coast of Queensland, north of Townsville and the south coast of Papua New Guinea.

System

The first description of Eucalyptus odorata was made in 1864 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Phytographiae Australiae, Volume 4 (30 ), pp. 159 The type material has the inscription "Ad sinum oceanicum Rockingham Bay. Dallachy. "On. Synonyms for Eucalyptus pellita F.Muell. are Eucalyptus spectabilis F.Muell. , Eucalyptus resinifera var pellita ( F.Muell. ) FMBailey, Eucalyptus resinifera spectabilis var ( F.Muell. ) FMBailey, Eucalyptus SCIA LASJohnson & KDHill, Eucalyptus biterranea LASJohnson & KD Hill and Eucalyptus sp. A

In Queensland, forms natural hybrids with Eucalyptus Eucalyptus pellita brassiana and Eucalyptus grandis.