Scientific Name: Corymbia intermedia (was Eucalyptus intermedia)

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  • Pronunciation:
    cor-RIMB-ee-ah in-ter-MEED-ee-ah
  • Common Name:
    Pink Bloodwood
  • Derivation:
    Corymbia: Gr. corynbos - cluster, column |intermedia: L. intermedia - intermediate (supposedly allied to E. gummifera and E. eximia)
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    MYRTACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White, Late summer
  • Fruit:
    Capsule dull warty surface. Seed strongly winged
  • Vegetation Type:
    Dry Eucalypt Forest, widespread.
  • Species List:
    W2, Bush food, Bush medicine, Emu Mt., NLTalks2010, Cooroibah Airstrip, Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., Boreen Point Caravan Park, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, NNP Parkedge/Alex, NNP service road, Cooroibah26.4.09, Kingfisher Bay Resort, BSDoonan, Cooloothin Corner, Old Tewantin, Johns, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Cranks Creek, NNP Viewland/Brunjes, Upper Yandina Creek, Boreen Point, Lake Cooroibah West, Eucalypt Forest Trees, TAFE Girraween NNP Tanglewood BHNR Noosa, Stratford Park, NNS, Heritage Park, RE 12.2.5. RE 12.2.6. RE 12.2.7. RE 12.2.11. RE 12.3.5. RE 12.3.11 RE 12.5.2.. RE 12.5.2. RE 12.5.3. RE 12.5.6. RE 12.9-10.l. RE 12.9-10.4. RE 12.9-10.7. RE 12.9-10.14. RE 12.9-10.17. RE 12.11.3. RE 12.11.5. RE 12.12.2a. RE 12.12.15.
Cultural Notes

TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential:

Timber: pink in colour, strong, moderately heavy and very durable. Gum veins not as prevalent as in C. gummifera. Main uses: General construction timber for all situations, fencing, poles, railway sleepers, house stumps. Good fuelwood.

Honey Production: light amber to medium amber, honey source minor, pollen source medium.

Bush food: Nectar sucked from flowers. Water extracted from roots.

Bush medicine: Diarrhoea and dysentery - kino (gum) solution drunk. Pad of chewed leaves often placed on wound to heal ; leaves and oil prescribed for everything..

Identification Notes

Trunk flaky grey brown to ends of small branches |Occurs in wallum teatree forests, hills and ranges, on all soil types - but mainly on gently sloping topography at low altitude near coast |leaves strongly discolorous |buds often in terminal panicles of 7 flowered umbels||

Associated Fauna

Koala habitat tree. Bird and butterfly attracting. Flowers attract honey-eating birds.

Landscaping Notes

Noosa Council Preferred Species list, Suitable plant for appropriate soil conditions (see Vegetation type). Fast growing tree for well-drained soils. Useful for protected seaside planting.||Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery|Successfully propagated by Florabunda Bushcare nursery, Woombye|Successfully propagated by Mooloola Native Nursery|Successfully propagated by Noosa & District Landcare|| Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||