Myrtaceae FAMILY

Eucalyptus drepanophylla

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Eucalyptus drepanophylla is an evergreen tree growing 25 - 30 metres tall[ 1658 Title Eucalypts for Planting Publication FAO Forestry Series No.11 Author Jacobs M.R. Website http://www.fao.org Publisher FAO; Rome Year 1981 ISBN 92-5-100570-2 Description An excellent publication, rather dated now but with a wealth of information about the Eucalypts. It can be downloaded from the Internet as a PDF file. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of materials. An important ironbark wood in Queensland where it is harvested from the wild for commercial use[ 1658 Title Eucalypts for Planting Publication FAO Forestry Series No.11 Author Jacobs M.R. Website http://www.fao.org Publisher FAO; Rome Year 1981 ISBN 92-5-100570-2 Description An excellent publication, rather dated now but with a wealth of information about the Eucalypts. It can be downloaded from the Internet as a PDF file. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAustralia - Queensland

HabitatMixed forests, sometimes the principal species, growing in a wide variety of sites and soils; at elevations up to 800 metres[ 1658 Title Eucalypts for Planting Publication FAO Forestry Series No.11 Author Jacobs M.R. Website http://www.fao.org Publisher FAO; Rome Year 1981 ISBN 92-5-100570-2 Description An excellent publication, rather dated now but with a wealth of information about the Eucalypts. It can be downloaded from the Internet as a PDF file. ]. Usually found on stony slopes or ridges on poorer soils, in mixed open forest[ 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 ].