Eucalyptus paniculata
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Grey Ironbark
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Honey
Honey produced by bees visiting the flowers is harvested.
Where to Find It
It grows naturally in coastal areas of Eastern Australia. It suits hardiness zones 9-11.
Africa, Australia*, East Africa, Zimbabwe,
How to Identify
A tall straight tree. It grows 36 m high. The bark is deeply furrowed and grey. The leaves are dark green and glossy. They are paler underneath. The flowers are white. They are in small groups.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Eucalyptus paniculata, commonly known as grey ironbark, is a species of tree that is endemic to New South Wales. It has dark-coloured, deeply furrowed ironbark on the trunk and branches, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven on a branched peduncle, white flowers and conical, hemispherical or cup-shaped fruit.
Notes
There are at least 500 Eucalyptus species mostly originally in Australia.
