Eucalyptus radiata
Sieber ex DC.
White-top peppermint
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Manna
Eucalyptus radiata has six known chemotypes of essential oil. The leaves are distilled for cineole and phellandrene based eucalyptus oils. E.radiata was the first eucalyptus species to be commercially utilized for oil by Melbourne pharmacist, Joseph Bosisto, in 1854 as "Eucalyptus amygdalina".
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. Arboretum Tasmania.
Australia*, Tasmania*,
How to Identify
A tree.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Eucalyptus radiata, commonly known as the narrow-leaved peppermint or Forth River peppermint, is a species of tree that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has rough, fibrous to flaky bark on the trunk and larger branches, smooth grey bark on the thinner branches, lance-shaped to curved or almost linear leaves, flower buds in groups of eleven to twenty or more, white flowers and cup-shaped, hemispherical or shortened spherical fruit.
References (4)
- Donkin,
- Facciola, S., 1998, Cornucopia 2: a Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, p 141
- Prodr. 3:218. 1828
- Tasmanian Herbarium Vascular Plants list p 40 (As subsp. robertsonii)
