Eucalyptus gomphocephala

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Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Eucalyptus
Species:	E. gomphocephala

Binomial name

Eucalyptus gomphocephala
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E. gomphocephala, field distribution

Eucalyptus gomphocephala commonly known as Tuart tree is a species of tree in the genus Eucalyptus. Native to the southwest of Western Australia the tree grows to over 35m tall. As a durable hardwood the timber was sought after for structural and boat building. The colouring and grain pattern of the timber also makes it a popular choice for furniture manufactures, due to over logging the Tuart is a protected tree with conditions placed on logging.

The Tuart has box like rough bark through the length of the trunk to the small branchlets. Leaves are stalked, alternate, lanceolate or falcate to 12 x 2 cm, slightly dicolorous to concolorous, glossy, light green and thin. White flowers appear in mid summer to mid autumn.

[edit] See also

Tuart Forest National Park

[edit] References

Bryant, Geoff (2005) Australian Native Plants Random House ISBN 978-1-74166-030-2
Johnston, Judith (1993) The History of the Tuart Forest - Pp.136-153 in de Garis, B.K. (editor) Portraits of the South West: Aborigines, Women and the Environment Nedlands, W.A. University of Western Australia Press ISBN 1-875560-12-2
Tuart Response Group (W.A.) (2003) An Atlas of Tuart woodlands on the Swan Coastal Plain in Western Australia Perth, W. Aust.:Dept. of Conservation and Land Management (coordinated by a multi-disciplinary steering group chaired by the Department of Conservation and Land Management"

Eucalyptus gomphocephala. FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.