Myrtaceae FAMILY

Eucalyptus pilularis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Eucalyptus pilularis is an evergreen tree with a dense crown; it can grow 60 - 70 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be unbranched for up to 65% of the total height of the tree and up to 250 - 300cm in diameter[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. , 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of materials. This is one of the three most important hardwoods of Australia, commonly harvested from the wild and also cultivated. It has been planted for timber in Nigeria, DR Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar and South Africa, but nowhere on a large scale[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. , 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

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeAustralia - New South Wales, Queensland.

HabitatWidespread and often dominant, in wet sclerophyll or grassy coastal forest on lighter soils of medium fertility; at elevations up to 700 metres[ 365 Title Flora of New South Wales Publication Author Website http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line resource giving a brief botanical description of all the native plants of New South Wales, their habitat and range, together with diagrams and photographs of the plants. , 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. ].