Lemon-scented Gum
Eucalyptus citriodora
Summary 4
Corymbia citriodora is a tall tree, growing to 35 metres in height (but sometimes taller), from temperate and tropical north eastern Australia. It is also known as lemon-scented gum, blue spotted gum, lemon eucalyptus and eucalyptus citriodora.
Description 5
Trees, to 28 m tall. Bark grayish white, smooth, exfoliating. Young leaves peltate, petiolate; leaf blade lanceolate, with glandular trichomes, base rounded. Leaf blade of intermediate leaves broadly lanceolate, 15-18 × 3-4 cm. Mature leaves strongly smelling of lemon; petiole 1.5-2 cm; leaf blade narrowly lanceolate, 10-15 × ca. 1 cm, slightly twisted, both surfaces with black glands. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, paniculate, umbels 3-flowered; peduncle 3-4 mm, 2-ridged. Flower buds long obovate, 6-7 mm. Hypanthium ca. 5 × 4 mm; stipe 1-6 mm; calyptra ca. 1.5 mm, slightly wider than hypanthium, apex rounded, apiculate. Stamens 6-7 mm, in 2 whorls; anthers elliptic, dorsifixed, cells parallel. Capsule pot-shaped to ovoid, 1-1.2 × 0.8-1 cm; disk broad; valves 3 or 4, included in hypanthium. Fl. Apr-Dec.
Fuentes y créditos
- (c) mrnaturalist, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC)
- (c) Bidgee, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Corymbia_citriodora.jpg
- (c) Forest & Kim Starr, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Starr_030807-0073_Corymbia_citriodora.jpg
- Adaptado por earthwatchtrees del trabajo de (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_citriodora
- (c) Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/4975362
