- Pronunciation: you-cal-LIPT-us ban-CROFT-ee
- Common Name: Tumbledown Gum
- Derivation: Eucalyptus: Gr. eu - well, kalyptos - covered (refers to Bud cap) bancrofti: honours Dr. T. L. Bancroft
- Type: Tree
- Family: MYRTACEAE
- Size: 20 to 30 metres
- Flowers: white, spring, summer
- Fruit: Capsule, disc annular separated from valves
- Vegetation Type: Wallum Woodland (e.g. Emu Mt. Road)
- Species List: Emu Swamp, Coolum High, Fraser Island, Eucalypt Forest Trees, - Emu Swamp BHNR, RE 12.2.7. RE 12.3.5.
Cultural Notes
TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential:
Timber: reddish-brown in colour, brittle
Bush medicine: Diarrhoea and dysentery - kino (gum) solution drunk.
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 smooth matt granular Fairly uncommon Coastal very poor drainage - shallow poor quality poorly drained coastal lowland
Landscaping Notes
Tree form and Bark colour makes this an attractive ornamental Species. Dense spreading Crown for sunny, well-drained situations. Main uses: as shade or ornamental Tree.
Successfully propagated by Coolum Community Native Nursery.
Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery.
Associated Fauna
Bird attracting
