Scientific Name: Eucalyptus latisinensis (was Eucalyptus umbra ssp umbra)

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  • Pronunciation:
    you-cal-LIPT-us UM-bra
  • Common Name:
    Bastard Stringybark
  • Derivation:
    Eucalyptus: Gr. eu - well, kalyptos - covered (refers to bud cap) umbra:
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    MYRTACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White
  • Fruit:
    Capsule- disc wide
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wallum Woodland- (eg.Lake Cooroibah Rd. )
  • Species List:
    Bush food, Bush medicine, Emu Mt., Fraser Island, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Eucalypt Forest Trees, Lake Cooroibah West, RE12.2.7. RE 12.3.5. RE 12.3.11. RE 12.5.10.
Cultural Notes

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

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%3A fibrous Sometimes mallee normally stun4ed crooked Leaves broadly lanceolate Found flat coastal lowlands on infertile poorly drained soils

Associated Fauna

Bird attracting

Landscaping Notes

Noosa Council Preferred Species list,||Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery.||