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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

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

Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Naturalized
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Wind
Forestry

Pollinators

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); Staples & Herbst 2005:417, 420 (KEY [as E. ficifolia]), 421 (DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Corymbia ficifolia (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson w.maui, lahaina dist., honokowai trail power line road ridge, rain forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN oppenheimer, h.l. chimera, m.; quitazol, f. collector number: h100519 Maui BISH 10/26/2005
2 Corymbia ficifolia (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson Waimea-Kohala Airport outside Waimea town In an island in the parking lot. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. 9280 Hawaii BISH 1/9/1991
3 Corymbia ficifolia (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson Kamuela PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Farnsworth ESP 299 Hawaii BISH 11/9/1980
4 Corymbia ficifolia (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson na pali kona for res, along makaha ridge rd PRESERVED_SPECIMEN g. spence 419 Kauai US 11/3/1976
5 Corymbia ficifolia (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson W. Maui, Honokowai. Planted along Honokowai Ditch Trail Power Line Road. Cultivated. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H100519 Maui PTBG 10/26/2005
6 Corymbia ficifolia (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson W.Maui, Lahaina Dist., Honokowai Trail Power Line Road PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. Chimera, M.; Quitazol, F. Collector Number: H100519 Maui BISH 10/26/2005
7 Corymbia ficifolia (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson w.maui, lahaina dist., honokowai trail power line road PRESERVED_SPECIMEN oppenheimer, h.l. chimera, m.; quitazol, f. collector number: h100519 Maui BISH 10/26/2005
8 Corymbia ficifolia (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson Na Pali-Kona Forest Reserve, along Makaha Ridge Road, elev. 2900' PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Spence, G. 419 Kauai BISH 11/3/1976
9 Corymbia ficifolia (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson W.Maui, Lahaina Dist., Honokowai Trail Power Line Road PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H100519 Maui BISH 10/26/2005
10 Corymbia ficifolia (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson na pali-kona forest reserve, along makaha ridge road, elev. 2900' PRESERVED_SPECIMEN spence, g. collector number: 419 Kauai BISH 11/3/1976
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