Rulingia dasyphylla
a perennial woody evergreen member of the Rulingia genus in the family Sterculiaceae.
Taxonomy and growth
- Family
- Sterculiaceae
- Genus
- Rulingia
- Life cycle
- perennial
- Foliage
- evergreen
- Woodiness
- woody
- Height
- 3 m
- Flower type
- hermaphrodite
Uses
Material uses
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The plant makes a fairly useful screen[2]. The fibrous inner bark has been used to make cordage[2]. Wood - fairly hard, porous[1].
- Product or use
- Fibre
- Product or use
- Wood
Ecology and functions
Environment
- Range
- Australia - Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
- Light
- full sun
- Shade tolerance
- light shade
- Water
- moderate
- Soil textures
- sandy, loamy, clay
- Soil pH
- acid, neutral, alkaline
- Tolerates Nutritionally Poor Soil
- No
- Drought
- intolerant
Propagation
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Seed -
Cultivation
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Succeeds in most soils and situations in Australian gardens[3]. This species is hardy to about -7°c in Australian gardens[3], though this cannot be applied directly to British gardens due to our cooler summers that often fail to fully ripen new shoots, and our longer, colder and wetter winters[K].
References
Ewart. A. J. Flora of Victoria.
Cribb. A. B. and J. W. Useful Wild Plants in Australia. William Collins Pty Ltd. Sidney 1981-00-00 ISBN 0-00-216441-8
Wrigley. J. W. and Fagg. M. Australian Native Plants. Collins. (Australia) 1988-00-00 ISBN 0-7322-0021-0
Carolin. R. & Tindale. M. Flora of the Sydney Region Reed. Australia. 1993-00-00 ISBN 0730104001