Eucalyptus resinifera

Eucalyptus resinifera

Resinifera Eucalyptus is a plant of the genus Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus ) in the myrtle family ( Myrtaceae ). It is home to Australia, where it is called " Red Mahogany ".

Description

Eucalyptus grows as resinifera evergreen tree, the plant height reaches up to 45 meters. The bark is reddish brown and fibrous.

There is Heterophyllie. The leaves of young specimens are nearly ovate to broadly lanceolate and glossy dark green. The leaves are lanceolate adult specimens with a length of 9 to 16 cm and a width of 2 to 4 cm. They are dark green, shiny on top and bottom in different colors. The leaf blades are pinnately, the numerous, conspicuous lateral nerves are more or less parallel to each other.

The 8 to 42 mm long inflorescence stem is narrow flattened or angular. The inflorescence contains seven to eleven or more flowers. The stalk round flower stalk is 4-14 mm long. The buds are spindle-shaped with a length of 12 to 15 mm and a diameter of about 6 mm. The Calyprta is elongated beak-like pointed or tapered, longer and narrower than or as wide as the flower cups.

The fruits are hemispherical or substantially egg-shaped with a length of 5 to 11 mm and a diameter of 5 to 11 mm.

Occurrence

Eucalyptus resinifera can be locally common and comes in before in Australia in the north of Jervis Bay Territory, New South Wales and Queensland. Eucalyptus resinifera thrives in moist or dry sclerophyllous forests still at a low soil with medium to high fertility.

System

The first publication of Eucalyptus resinifera took place in 1790 by James Edward Smith.

From Eucalyptus resinifera there are two subspecies:

• Eucalyptus resinifera subsp. resinifera
• Eucalyptus resinifera subsp. hemilampra: For her the calyptra is more than three times as long as the flower cups.

Swell

• Entry in New South Wales Flora Online. ( Busy until January 2013 the whole text in the article)

• Eucalypts
• Eucalyptus
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