Corymbia dichromophloia       15945

It is a tree. A lignotuber is present on its roots and at the bulge of the base of the main trunk. Its white bark is smooth, it can seasonally shed into small fine strips of brownish orange red color.

The juvenile leaves are always petiolate, opposite for about 15 nodes then alternate, large, ovate and broadly lanceolate, sometimes more or less deltoid or elliptical. They measure from 9.5 to 22cm long by 5.5 to 10cm wide. The apex is rounded and pointed, green in color. The lower leaves are scabrid with hard hairs. The upper leaves are more or less smooth. The adult leaves are alternate, petiolate with lanceolate to falcate blade 7 to 23cm long and 0.8 to 5.5cm wide, pointed apex, concolorous, green and smooth.

The inflorescence is terminal, it consists of 7 buds per umbel, pedicelled. At maturity they are ovoid or obovoid to pyriform or globular. The flowers are white and have blunt stigmas. They carry a fringe of papillae with 3 or 4 locules.

The fruits are pedicelled in the shape of a barrel 0.8 to 1.3 cm long and 0.6 to 1.1 cm wide, smooth with enclosed valves. The seeds are brown, they are 5 to 9mm long and are ellipsoidal.

Member of
The Genus: Corymbia Subgenus: Corymbia Section: Rufaria having the following characters: It occurs disjunctly in the Newcastle Range in north-eastern Queensland and differs in having slightly larger fruit on longer pedicels and lacks any glaucescence in juvenile foliage.

References
- Encyclopedia of Australian Plants, Elliot W. Rodger & Jones David L. 2012 Vol. 3 pag. 52,77,81. ISBN
- Eucalypts of Australia. Corymbia dichromophloia
- The use of Trees and Shrubs in the Dry Country of Australia, Norman Hall. 1972 pag. 367-368. ISBN

Biological type: tree
Frost resistance: 18ºF
Leaf color: dark green
Flower color: white
Reproduction mode: hermaphrodite plant whoes flowers produce both male and female gametes
IUCN Red List of threatened species status: Least Concern

Specifications for the Mediterranean basin
Adult size (h x w): 39,3ft x 29,5ft
Sun exposure: full sun (Sun hours: >6h
Foliage: evergreen
Growth: fast
Flowering time from August until February

Specific information for our garden
Planting substrate: 30%Compost+30%Coco+40%Sand
Plant watering: 3x a week pH 6.5
Logical sequence of containers for: Eucalyptus; forestry plate, forestry pot 3L, Airpot 12L, Airpot 50L, Airpot 800L
Propagation is done by cuttings

Ecology in its country of origin
Rainfall: 250-1250mm
Draining soil: much
Soil depth: <3ft
Ornemental: a little

SPRING Select the largest and most fleshy BROWN seeds. Sow the seeds at 2mm depth in the Well Drained Seed Sowing Mix and pouwder with 2mm Smoked Vermiculite (0,012g/cm²) between 68-77°F. During germination keep the substrate moist and in daylight. The seeds germinate in 2-12 weeks.
The average seed weight is 196,1 per gram (0,0051g).