- Pronunciation: you-cal-LIPT-us fy-BROSE-ah
- Common Name: Broad-leaved Red Ironbark
- Derivation: Eucalyptus: Gr. eu - well, kalyptos - covered (refers to Bud cap) fibrosa: L. fibrosus (refers to Bark)
- Type: Tree
- Family: MYRTACEAE
- Size: to 30 metres
- Fruit: Capsule - valves exerted
- Vegetation Type: Dry Eucalypt Forest
- Species List: Bush food, Bush medicine, Craft, Eucalypt Forest Trees,
Cultural Notes
TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential: Pharmaceuticals wine making. Bush medicine: Diarrhoea and dysentery - kino (gum) solution drunk. Tannin in kino produced deep green blue dye Honey Production: white to extra light amber, honey source minor, Pollen source medium. 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 flaky greyish black to black Branchlets smooth and reddish Leaves broadly Lanceolate Found on gravelly ridges and hilltops sandy or loamy soils
Associated Fauna
Bird attracting
