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Eucalyptus camaldulensis

Description
Life form	tree	Physiology	evergreen, single stem
Habit	erect	Category	materials, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic, forest/wood, environmental
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes	grown on large scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	deep (>>150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	12	28	7	40	Soil texture	medium, light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	600	1000	250	2500	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	32	-	38	55	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	1500	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	medium (4-10 dS/m)
Soil PH	5	7	4.5	8	Soil drainage	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells)	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells)
Light intensity	very bright	very bright	very bright	clear skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-8	Killing temp. early growth	0
Abiotic toler.	drought, flooding	Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	180	365
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	inter-cropping	maize

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
material	timber wood	bark
material	paper	bark
material	honey	flowers
material	dye/tannin	bark
material	essential oils	leaves
fuels	fuelwood	bark
fuels	charcoal	bark
medicinal	respiratory applications	leaves
medicinal	immune system applications	leaves
poison	bacteria	leaves
environmental	shade & shelter	entire plant
environmental	firebreaks	entire plant
environmental	agroforestry	entire plant
environmental	ornamental/turf	entire plant