Scientific Name: Eucalyptus acmenoides

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  • Pronunciation:
    you-cal-LIPT-us
  • Common Name:
    White Mahogany
  • Derivation:
    Eucalyptus: Eucalyptus: Gr. eu - well, kalyptos - covered (refers to bud cap) acmenoides: Gr. oides - like, Acmena - genus with species having similar leaves
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    MYRTACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White, Spring early summer
  • Fruit:
    Capsule - barrel-shaped
  • Vegetation Type:
    Dry Eucalypt Forest in hilly or mountainous country on poor loams to heavy clays drainage always good - ridges and hills in coastal areas (e.g. McKinnon Dr., Belli Ck.Rd)
  • Species List:
    Bush food, Bush medicine, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Cranks Creek, Eucalypt Forest Trees, RE 12.5.2. RE 12.5.6. RE 12.9-10.17. RE 12.11.2. RE 12.11.3. RE 12.11.5. RE 12.11.16x1. RE 12.12.3. 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: Pale yellow in colour, very durable and easily worked. Main uses: General construction timber for all situations, flooring, poles, railway sleepers, fencing, house stumps, wharves; termite-resistant. Honey Production: light amber to pale 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

Bark fibrous grey needle-like Bark greyish fibro.us stringy brown underneath - extends to top of tree Derivation like Acmena lillypilly Fruit hemispherical valves usually at rim level

Associated Fauna

Koala tree.Bird attracting

Landscaping Notes

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