Scientific Name: Eucalyptus cloeziana

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  • Pronunciation:
    you-cah-LIPT-us clo-eez-ee-AHN-ah
  • Common Name:
    Gympie Messmate, Queensland Messmate, Dead Finish
  • Derivation:
    Eucalyptus: Gr. eu - well, kalyptos - covered (refers to bud cap) cloeziana: Honours French chemist F. S.Cloez
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    MYRTACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White
  • Fruit:
    Capsule - hemispherical
  • Vegetation Type:
    Dry Eucalypt Forest - (e g Pomona Cemetery)
  • Species List:
    Bush food, Bush medicine, Pomona School Oval, Eucalypt Forest Trees, Dandaloo, Heritage Park, RE 12.9-10.16. RE 12.11.16x1.
Cultural Notes

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

Timber: Pale yellow in colcour, very durable inground and exposed situations Main uses: General building and engineering purposes, cladding, boat building and poles. Much used in farm forestry. High growth rates have been achieved on favourable sites. 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

Rough bark - fibrous soft yellowish brown Leaves strongly discolorous Found on sandy to loamy hills - well-drained loams of volcanic origin

Associated Fauna

Bird attracting

Landscaping Notes

Noosa Council Preferred Species list, ||Successfully propogated by Noosa & District Landcare|Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery|Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery