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Corymbia ficifolia

(F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson (1995)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Myrtales Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Corymbia

red flowering gum, red-flowering gum

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Straggly trees 8–12 m tall.

Stems: Bark gray, fibrous throughout.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Adult Alternate. Blades broadly lanceolate or ovate, 7.5–15 cm long, 3–5 cm wide. Apex acuminate. Blades discolorous. Margins entire. Petioles 10–20 mm long. Stipules vestigial or absent.

Flowers: Flowers 3–7 in umbels arranged in terminal, corymbose inflorescences, peduncles 15–25 mm long, pedicels 15–25 mm long. buds clavate or pyriform, 10–13 mm long, 6–7 mm wide; operculum depressed–hemispherical to low-conical. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic. Calyx modified into an operculum; operculum rounded to flattened. Stamens numerous, in several whorls; filaments crimson; anthers dithecal. Ovary inferior; ovule placentation axile.

Fruit: Fruit ovoid; subglobose; or urceolate; 20–35 mm long; 20–30 mm wide; valves included. Seeds terminally winged.

Ploidy: 2n = 22

Habitat: Planted and apparently reproducing on Kaua'i; O'ahu; Maui; and Hawai'i.

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Not in flora
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Wind
Forestry

Pollinators

Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Telopea 6: 245 (1995)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:953 (K, O, M, H [as Eucalyptus ficifolia]); Hill & Johnson 1995:245/Herbst & Wagner 1999:24 (COMBNOV, Syn. E. ficifolia = C. ficifolia); Staples & Herbst 2005:420 (KEY [as E. ficifolia]), 421 (DESCR); Note: change to O?, no nat. spms., Apr 2025

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Corymbia ficifolia W.Maui, Lahaina Dist., Honokowai Trail Power Line Road Preserved_Specimen tall tree planted along road. Flowers red. Oppenheimer, H.L. 100519 Maui BISH 2005-10-26
2 Corymbia ficifolia Na Pali-Kona Forest Reserve, along Makaha Ridge Road, elev. 2900 ft Preserved_Specimen Small tree to only 8'; dbh 5. Growing on wind eroded area with little top soil. Bark rough and persistent throughout. Flowers appearing red to orange. Fruits pedicellate, urceolate, thick and woody, 20-35 x 20-30mm. Spence, G. 419 Kauai BISH 1976-11-03
3 Corymbia ficifolia Waimea-Kohala Airport outside Waimea town In an island in the parking lot. Preserved_Specimen Tree ca 25' tall; bark reddish brown; rough; becoming smoother with age; young lvs reddish; flws vivid crimson. Herbst, D.R. 9280 Hawaii BISH 1991-01-09
4 Corymbia ficifolia W.Maui, Lahaina Dist., Honokowai Trail Power Line Road Preserved_Specimen tall tree planted along road. Flowers red. Oppenheimer, H.L. 100519 Maui BISH 2005-10-26
5 Corymbia ficifolia W.Maui, Lahaina Dist., Honokowai Trail Power Line Road Preserved_Specimen tall tree planted along road. Flowers red. Oppenheimer, H.L. 100519 Maui BISH 2005-10-26
6 Corymbia ficifolia Kamuela Preserved_Specimen Farnsworth 299 Hawaii BISH 1980-11-09
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