Callitris endlicheri
| Callitris endlicheri | |
| Light: |  |
| Moisture: |   |
| Hardiness: | 9 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Evergreen | |
| Height: | 66' |
| Open Woods Forest | |
| Native to: | |
| Medicinal Rating: | |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Callitris endlicheri (common name: red cypress-pine)
Propagation: Seed - does not require stratification, germinating at any time of the year if it becomes moist[1]. Sow in early spring in a greenhouse. When large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter, planting them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts.
Cultivation: Prefers a dry sandy coastal soil in full sun, succeeding in poor or saline soils[1]. A very drought tolerant plant once established[2][1].
Tolerates temperatures down to -7°c in Australian gardens[3] but this cannot be translated directly to British gardens due to our cooler summers and longer colder and wetter winters. Plants can succeed outdoors in the very mildest areas of this country[2].
The plants are highly inflammable and are usually killed by forest fires. However, they store their seeds in unopened cones on the tree for many years, these seeds are released after a fire and then germinate freely[1].
Range: Australia - New South Wales, Queensland.
Habitat: Poor sandy soils[4].
Medicinal: Anthelmintic[5].
Usage: A resin obtained from the stumps of felled trees or the cut logs is used as a coating for pills[6][5].
An essential oil is obtained by distillation of the fruit and twigs. It contains acetic acid, limonene, borneol, and geranol.[4]
The bark contains 10 - 36% dry weight of tannin[6][7].
Wood - resinous, very aromatic, very durable, brittle, very flammable, hard, close grained. Used for construction. furniture making, cabinet making, fencing, ship building etc[6][4].
Soil: Can grow in light and medium soils.
Drainage: Prefers well drained soil.
In Leaf: Evergreen
Flower Type: Monoecious
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rushforth, Keith. Conifers. Batsford, 1991.
- ↑ Wrigley, John and Murray Fagg. Australian Native Plants. Collins, 1988.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Ewart, Alfred. Recording Census of the Victorian Flora. 1923.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lassak, Erich and Tara McCarthy. Australian Medicinal Plants.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Chittendon, Fred. RHS Dictionary of Plants. Oxford University Press, 1951.
- ↑ Cribb, Alan. Useful Wild Plants in Australia. William Collins, 1981.