Scientific Name: Eucalyptus tereticornis

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  • Pronunciation:
    you-cah-LIP-tus ter-ret-ee-COR-nus
  • Common Name:
    Forest Red Gum, Blue Gum
  • Derivation:
    Eucalyptus: Gr. eu - well, kalyptos - covered (refers to bud cap) |tereticornis: terete - cylindrical in transverse section; L. cornus - horn (refers of bud cap)
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    MYRTACEAE
  • Flowers:
    white, inflorescence axillary 5-12-flowered umbels
  • Fruit:
    Capsule
  • Vegetation Type:
    Dry Eucalypt Forest
  • Species List:
    Weyba Esp, Bush food, Bush medicine, NLTalks2010, Boreen Point Caravan Park, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Kingfisher Bay Resort, Tewantin Forest Gyndier, Mill Point, Johns, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Cranks Creek, NNS, NNP Viewland/Brunjes, Upper Yandina Creek, Eucalypt Forest Trees, TAFE, Noosa Banks, BHNR, Lake Cooroibah West, Heritage Park, Wallace Park, RE 12.2.11. RE 12.3.5. RE 12.3.6. RE 12.3.11. RE 12.5.2. RE 12.8.14. RE 12.9-10.4. RE 12.9-10.7. RE12.9-10.17. RE 12.11.9. RE 12.12.12.
Cultural Notes

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

Timber: tough and durable - used in heavy construction

Honey Production: pale amber, honey source minor, pollen source major .

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

Bush medicine: For treatment of 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: smooth |Leaf: lancerolate with distinct intramarginal vein Operculum: horn-shaped, |Fruit: capsule disc ascending |Found: valleys flats ridges heavy fertile soils and along tidal rivers||

Associated Fauna

Primary food source for koalas. |Bird attracting. Corellas.

Landscaping Notes

Noosa Council Preferred Species list, Successfully propogated by Noosa & District Landcare. Fast growing, average to moist soils.||Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery.||Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||