- Pronunciation: you-cah-LIPT-us clo-eez-ee-AHN-ah
- Common Name: Gympie Messmate, Queensland Messmate, Dead Finish
- Derivation: Eucalyptus: Gr. eu - well, kalyptos - covered (refers to Bud cap) cloeziana: Honours French chemist F. S.Cloez
- Type: Tree
- Family: MYRTACEAE
- Size: to 45 metres
- Flowers: White
- Fruit: Capsule - hemispherical
- Vegetation Type: Dry Eucalypt Forest - (e g Pomona Cemetery)
- Species List: Bush food, Bush medicine, Pomona School Oval, Eucalypt Forest Trees, Dandaloo, Heritage Park, RE 12.9-10.16. RE 12.11.16x1.
Cultural Notes
TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential: Timber: Pale yellow in colcour, very durable inground and exposed situations Main uses: General building and engineering purposes, cladding, boat building and poles. Much used in farm forestry. High growth rates have been achieved on favourable sites. 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
Rough Bark - Fibrous soft yellowish brown Leaves strongly Discolorous Found on sandy to loamy hills - well-drained loams of volcanic origin
Landscaping Notes
Noosa Council Preferred Species list,
Successfully propogated by Noosa & District Landcare
Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery
Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery
Associated Fauna
Bird attracting
