Myrtaceae FAMILY

Eucalyptus muelleriana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Eucalyptus muelleriana is an evergreen tree with a well-developed crown; it usualy grows 30 - 40 metres tall, occasionally to 55 metres. The straight bole can be more than half the total height of the tree and up to 120cm 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. , 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 and commercial use of its wood. It has been planted for timber in Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar and South Africa[ 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. ]. Eucalyptus muelleriana has the potential to become a weed outside its native range. It escaped from cultivation in Western Australia and become naturalised there[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeAustralia - Victoria, New South Wales.

HabitatWet forest on coastal ranges and escarpments, usually on somewhat poorer or shallower soils[ 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. ]. Sheltered slopes and valleys, growing on a wide range of soils; at elevations up to 600 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. ].