Scientific Name: Eucalyptus crebra

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  • Pronunciation:
    you-cal-LIPT-us CREB-rah
  • Common Name:
    Narrow-leaved Ironbark
  • Derivation:
    Eucalyptus: Gr. eu - well, kalyptos - covered (refers to bud cap) crebra: L. crebra - abundant, frequent. (Most commonly encountered ironbark)
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    MYRTACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White, in terminal panicles or racemes of 4-9 flowered umbels.
  • Fruit:
    Capsule small
  • Vegetation Type:
    Dry Eucalypt Forest on poor sites. Found on high ridges and slopes on stony soils to medium heavy clays, inland from coast
  • Species List:
    Bush food, Bush medicine, Eucalypt Forest Trees, RE 12.8.24. RE 12.9-10.7. 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: deep red in colour. Very durable, very hard and strong. Main uses: suitable for heavy and general construction for all situations; railway sleepers, poles, bridge and wharf construction and as fuelwood; Native and planted hardwood harvested commercially in Queensland. Used in heavy engineering construction, poles, sleepers and wharfage Bush medicine: Diarrhoea and dysentery - kino (gum) solution drunk. Honey Production: extra white to extra light amber, honey source minor to major, pollen source major. 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

Bark: Ironbark persistent to smaller branches hard ridged coarsely furrowed Leaves narrowly lanceolate bluish green oildots numerousand conspicous petioles slender

Associated Fauna

Bird attracting

Landscaping Notes

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