Scientific Name: Eucalyptus grandis

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  • Pronunciation:
    you-cah-LIPT-us GRAND-iss
  • Common Name:
    Flooded Gum, Rose Gum
  • Derivation:
    Eucalyptus: Gr. eu - well, kalyptos - covered (refers to bud cap) grandis: L. grandis - large, big, tall
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    MYRTACEAE
  • Fruit:
    Capsule - valves erect turning inwards
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wet Eucalypt Forest - (e.g.Louis Bazzo Dr. )
  • Species List:
    Kennilworth Fig Tree Walk, Bush food, Bush medicine, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Wooroi Palm Grove, BSDoonan, Cooloothin Corner, Banana, Old Tewantin, Fraser Island, Cranks Creek, Upper Yandina Creek, Eucalypt Forest Trees, Dandaloo, Stratford Park, Heritage Park, RE 12.3.2. RE 12.3.11. RE 12.9-10.l. RE 12.9-10.16. RE 12.11.2. RE 12.11.16x1. RE 12.12.2a. RE 12.12.16.
Cultural Notes

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

Timber used for general building work. Honey Production: pale amber to medium amber, honey source minor, pollen source medium. Bush food: Nectar sucked from flowers. Water extracted from roots. Bush medicine: Pad of chewed leaves often placed on wound to heal, Diarrhoea and dysentery - kino (gum) solution drunk. Leaves and oil prescribed for everything.

Identification Notes

One of Queenslands tallest growing eucalypts Bark brown rough and flaky at base smooth and mostly white above with thin ribbons of brown bark shedding and often caught in upper branches Leaves aromatic when crushed Found in pure stands Clean and straight bole On flats and lower slopes in moist well-drained deep loams of alluvial or volcanic origin Cnr.Old Ceylon and Jorgensen Rd.Cooroy Yurol Forest Pomona

Associated Fauna

Secondary food source for koalas. Bird attracting%2E

Landscaping Notes

Noosa Council Preferred Species list. ||Successfully propagated by Noosa & District Landcare|Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery||Fast-growing tree for moist soils. Useful for tall windbreaks. Reputed to be the fastest-growing gum tree.||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||