- 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
- Size: to 30 metres
- 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
Landscaping Notes
Successfully propogated by Noosa & District Landcare.
Associated Fauna
Bird attracting
