Scientific Name: Corymbia citriodora subsp. Variegata (Eucalyptus citriodora)
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Pronunciation:cor-RIMB-ee-ah sit-ree-ah-DOOR-ah
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Common Name:Spotted gum
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Derivation:Corymbia: Gr. corynbos - cluster, column |citriodora: L. citron - lemon, oborus - having a smell (refers to leaves when crushed)
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Type:
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Family:MYRTACEAE
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Flowers:White in terminal corymbs of 1-5 flowered umbels (generally 3). Operculum much shorter than hypanthium.
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Fruit:Capsule. Woody, scaly or warty, ovoid, barrel-shaped to slightly urceolate. Disc depressed, valves three, deeply enclosed.
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Vegetation Type:Dry Open Eucalypt Forest, (e.g. Cooroy-Belli Creek Road)
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Species List:Bush food, Bush medicine, Eucalypt Forest Trees, RE 12.3.11. RE 12.8.24. RE 12.9-10.17. RE 12.11.5. RE 12.12.3.
Cultural Notes
TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential:
Timber: brown in colour, moderately durable. Main uses: General building purposes, flooring, lining and joinery. Railway sleepers, wharf and bridge construction, poles, piles, crossarms. Landscaping and retaining walls. Boat building, fencing, shingles, tool handles, fishing rods.
Eucalyptus oil can be distilled from the leaves at some expense. Trees fast-growing.
Honey Production: extra light amber to light amber, honey source minor, pollen source medium. | |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
Spotted trunk.
Landscaping Notes
Successfully propogated by Noosa & District Landcare|Successfully propagated by Mooloola Native Nursery|