Myrtaceae FAMILY

Eucalyptus microtheca

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Eucalyptus microtheca is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing 3 - 20 metres tall depending on growing conditions. The bole may reach a diameter of 100 cm. The bole can be from very short to 1/3 of the tree height. In dry sites the tree is poorly formed with a straggly crown[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ]. The tree is a traditional food crop and medicine of the Australian aborigines and, because of its potentially very fast growth, could be used as a timber crop.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAustralia - South Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia.

HabitatUsually found on seasonally inundated clay to clay-loam soils around the edges of swamps or lagoons, or along watercourses[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. , 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 ].