Myrtaceae FAMILY

Eucalyptus haemastoma

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Eucalyptus haemastoma is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 15 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. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. A strange, beautiful species of eucalypt, with a very light deciduous bark, which glows ghostly white in the moonlight, and an often rather deformed appearance[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeAustralia - eastern New South Wales

HabitatFound especially in sandstone areas[ 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. ]. Dry sclerophyll woodland on shallow infertile sandy soil on sandstone[ 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. ].