- Pronunciation: you-cah-LIP-tus ter-ret-ee-COR-nus
- Common Name: Forest Red Gum, Blue Gum
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Derivation:
Eucalyptus: Gr. eu - well, kalyptos - covered (refers to Bud cap)
tereticornis: Terete - cylindrical in transverse section; L. cornus - horn (refers of Bud cap) - Type: Tree
- Family: MYRTACEAE
- Size: 45 metres
- Flowers: white, Inflorescence Axillary 5-12-flowered umbels
- Fruit: Capsule
- Vegetation Type: Dry Eucalypt Forest
- Species List: Bush food, Bush medicine, NLTalks2010, Boreen Point Caravan Park, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Kingfisher Bay Resort, Tewantin Forest Gyndier, Mill Point, Johns, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Cranks Creek, NNS, NNP Viewland/Brunjes, Upper Yandina Creek, Eucalypt Forest Trees, TAFE, Noosa Banks, BHNR, Lake Cooroibah West, Heritage Park, Wallace Park, RE 12.2.11. RE 12.3.5. RE 12.3.6. RE 12.3.11. RE 12.5.2. RE 12.8.14. RE 12.9-10.4. RE 12.9-10.7. RE12.9-10.17. RE 12.11.9. 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: tough and durable - used in heavy construction
Honey Production: pale amber, honey source minor, Pollen source major .
Bush food: Nectar sucked from flowers. Water extracted from roots.
Bush medicine: For treatment of 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
Trunk: smooth
Leaf: lancerolate with distinct intramarginal vein Operculum: horn-shaped,
Fruit: Capsule disc ascending
Found: valleys flats ridges heavy fertile soils and along tidal rivers
Landscaping Notes
Noosa Council Preferred Species list, Successfully propogated by Noosa & District Landcare. Fast growing, average to moist soils.
Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery.
Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery
Associated Fauna
Primary food source for koalas.
Bird attracting. Corellas.
