Japanese name: エウカリプツス ラディアタ Scientific name:Eucalyptus radiata
[Overview]
An evergreen tree that can reach 50 m tall.
The bark is grayish brown and peels off in long strips.
Juvenile and adult leaves differ in shape.
Juvenile leaves are opposite, often clasp the stem, are ovate to broadly lanceolate, and are tinged with a powdery white.
Adult leaves are alternate, 7–15 cm long and 1–1.5 cm wide, narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate and crescent-shaped, slightly glossy and green.
The flowers are borne in groups of several, and the petals and calyx are fused into a cap that falls off when the flower opens.
The flowers have no petals and have many white stamens.
It flowers in summer.
[Uses]
The leaves have a peppermint-like fragrance and yield an essential oil.
[Cultivation]
Propagate from seed.
It prefers fertile land.
It is somewhat weak in cold tolerance.
