Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Myrtaceae | Genus: Corymbia | Species: Corymbia citriodora (Hook) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson ( सफेदा ) |
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| Synonym | Corymbia citriodora subsp, variegata (F. Muell.) A.R. Bean & M.W. Mc Donald | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Lemon - scented Gum | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Lemon - scented Gum, Lemon scented spotted gum. | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Safeda | Fruiting Period | Jan-March |
| Altitude | Up to1000m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit ovoid or urceolate, often warty, with 3-4 deeply induced valves; seeds few, irregularly elliptical relatively large, shiny, black, 4-5 mm long. The genus Eucalyptus |
| Habitat | Grows naturally on rolling undulating plateaux, including dry ridges, in open forest and woodland, generally on poor soils. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Native of Australia, cultivated across the tropics (Albania, Algeria, Brazil, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Ghana, Greece, India, Italy, Kenya, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malaysia, Malta, Morocco, Nigeria, Portugal, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Tunisia, Ugan | Bark Details | Bark smooth, pale, uniform or slightly mottled bark, white to coppery in summer, often powdery, shedding in thin curling flakes. |
| Distribution in Haryana | Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Lence shaped | ||
| Description of Species | Tree 20-40 m high; bark smooth, shiny over the whole trunk, decorating in small plates. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, some peltate, rough, hairy especially on veins and edges. Flower terminal and compound or axillary and simple; umbels 3 flowers; flower buds white, clavate; operculum hemispherical, apiculate. Fruit ovoid or urceolate, often warty, with 3-4 deeply induced valves; seeds few, irregularly elliptical relatively large, shiny, black, 4-5 mm long. | Leaf Details | Leaves alternate, lanceolate, some peltate, rough, hairy especially on veins and edges. |
