Myrtaceae FAMILY

Eucalyptus youmanii

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Eucalyptus youmanii is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 20 metres tall[ 1096 Title Native Tastes of Australia Publication Author Website http://tasteaustralia.biz/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A website with detailed information on around 50 species of native Australian food plants, including recipes. , 1661 Title Flora of South-eastern Queensland (3 volumes) Publication Queensland Department of Primary Industries; Miscellaneous Publication 81020 Author Stanley T.D. & Ross E.M. Publisher Queensland Government; Queensland Year 1983 ISBN 0-7242-2127-1 Description ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. It is a potential source of rutin for use in medicine and the food industry.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeAustralia - northeastern New South Wales, southeastern Queensland.

HabitatWhite acid soils, damp spots and occasionally on red basaltic soils[ 152 Title Australian Medicinal Plants. Publication Author Lassak. E. V. and McCarthy. T. Publisher New Holland Publishers Year 2001 ISBN 1876334703 Description A very good and readable guide to the subject. ]. Locally frequent but restricted, in sclerophyll woodland on poor skeletal soils on rises of shale or acid volcanics, at elevations from 850 - 1,500 metres[ 77 Title Eucalypts. (2 volumes.) Publication Author Kelly. S. Publisher Nelson, Melbourne Year 1969 ISBN - Description A very readable book (in two volumes) on the many species of Eucalyptus trees in Australia. , 1660 Title EUCLID - Eucalypts of Australia Publication Author Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Canber Website http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org:8080/euclid/data/02050e02-0108-490e-8900-0e0601070d00/media/Html/index.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A website dedicated to the genus Eucalyptus (sensu latu), with descriptions and nomencultural information on all the species. ].