Scientific Name: Eucalyptus pilularis

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  • Pronunciation:
    you-cah-LIPT-us pill-ewe-LAR-iss
  • Common Name:
    Blackbutt
  • Derivation:
    Eucalyptus: Gr. eu - well, kalyptos - covered (refers to bud cap) pilularis: L. pilula - small rounded pill (refers to fruit)
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    MYRTACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White
  • Fruit:
    Capsule - large
  • Vegetation Type:
    Dry Eucalypt Forest - (e g McKinnon Dr , Eumundi Rd Doonan, )
  • Species List:
    Bush food, Bush medicine, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Kingfisher Bay Resort, Wooroi Palm Grove, Tewantin Forest Gyndier, Fraser Island, Upper Yandina Creek, Eucalypt Forest Trees, Noosa Banks, Heritage Park, RE 12.2.6. RE 12.2.8. RE 12.5.3. RE 12.5.6. RE 12.9-10.14. RE 12.12.2. 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: Important hardwood light in colour strong durable Native and planted hardwood harvested commercially in New South Wales and Queensland. Used in poles, sleepers, flooring and building framework Bush medicine: Diarrhoea and dysentery - kino (gum) solution drunk. Honey Production: light 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.; leaves and oil prescribed for everything.

Identification Notes

Half bark. Spongy fibrous below often fire-blackened Spreading open crown Found on well drained slopes - occurs from sea level and along creek banks Eastern shore Lake Weyba Doonan - Eumundi Road

Associated Fauna

Bird attracting

Landscaping Notes

Noosa Council Preferred Species list, ||Successfully propagated by Noosa & District Landcare. ||Most soils, fast-growing.||Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery.|Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||