Eucalyptus
species are the
fastest growing trees in the world, but of
the ones above the Snow Gum is the slowest and 'only' put on up to
a meter a year!
They all have roundish juvenile foliage on wood up
to about 4 years old and longer narrow leaves on the older wood.
Propagation:
Usually by seed. Eucalyptus trees have small cup-shaped
bisexual flowers. The cups have a lid that is pushed off by
unfolding stamens when they are are ready to open. Pollination is
by insects.
Note from webmother to
page visitors:
Many of these pages are still bare bones. Whenever time allows, we
will continue to add information to the Tree Gallery until all the
trees have descriptions of their habitat, characteristics,
cultivation, uses and anything else of interest. Email us if you
are keen to know more about a particular tree and we will do our
best to complete that one next.
Traditional knowledge:
The-Tree offers a page where
you can read the entry for Eucalyptus
from "A Modern Herbal" (Mrs. M. Grieve, ed. Mrs.
C.F.Leyel) published in 1931. Obviously things have moved on
since then, yet this book is still often unsurpassed in its scope
and depth of traditional knowledge. The page pops up in a new
window. Close it to return to the Tree Gallery. |
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