Rainbow eucalyptus - a plant that will not leave anyone indifferent man for once in your life who saw it.Wood impresses not only with its size, but also the unusual coloring of the barrel, so that the plant and got a memorable name.People who saw the first eucalyptus, inadvertently call it the miracle tree.
Description
trunk of the plant reaches a height of 75 meters.Its diameter can be more than 230 centimeters.The bark of a young tree has a bright green color.With increasing age of the rainbow eucalyptus changes color covering tissues.They can acquire shades of burgundy and red, blue and purple, yellow and green.The older the tree, the more saturated colors.
Another feature of the eucalyptus is that sections of bark peeled off long narrow strips.They twist or just hang down.This update process can be observed in the bark of coniferous trees midland.But due to lack of brightly colored scales and the modest size it maloprimechatelen.The presence of the rainbow color bark eucalyptus plant gives a fantastic view.Eucalyptus leaves are updated throughout the year, so always look fresh and appealing.
Thanks to these characteristics of the plant is used as a decorative appearance in tropical and subtropical zones of the Earth.Rainbow eucalyptus trees do not produce essential oils, so if they can not take care of the cultivation of the plant can cause allergic reactions in people suffering from any ailment.
Distribution
on Earth not so many places where the tree grows eucalyptus rainbow.First of all, it's rain forests of Hawaii and the Philippine archipelago.It is here that the plant is able to grow under natural conditions.
in South Florida in the US plant was artificially imported in 1929, where it is successfully caught.This led to the idea to try to grow rainbow eucalyptus, and in other regions of the world.Today, the plant can be found in Africa, Brazil, China, Cuba.
only species of eucalyptus, which has spread in the Northern Hemisphere, but it does not mean that the plant undemanding to the conditions for their growth and development.If the wild tree grows to a height of about 70 meters, in the areas of its artificial cultivation it can reach a little over 30 meters.
Terms
growing abundance of moisture and hot climate - the most necessary conditions under which the rainbow eucalyptus feels most comfortable.That high temperatures and adequate moisture allows the tree to reach such impressive sizes.
fact favorable for the cultivation of tree plantations is that the plant is subject to few diseases and pests.The only serious enemy of wood can be called termites.To protect them from the need to use special chemicals processing plants.
Using wood
extraordinary ornamental trees - nonprincipal this reason that forced people to cultivate it on the plantations, located around the world.It turns out that eucalyptus wood is an excellent raw material for the production of high quality paper, furniture, construction of small boats.
alarming is that for this purpose each year are cut down not only artificial plantations of eucalyptus, but also its natural thickets.Today, the situation related to logging plantations rainbow eucalyptus, brought under control environmentalists.Growing new eucalyptus forests also has planned character.
