Eucalyptus coolabah

"Coolibah" redirects here. The term may also refer to Eucalyptus microcarpa or Eucalyptus microtheca.

Coolibah
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species:
E. coolabah
Binomial name
Eucalyptus coolabah
Synonyms[2]
  • Eucalyptus coolabah subsp. arida (Blakely) L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill
  • Eucalyptus coolabah Blakely & Jacobs subsp. coolabah
  • Eucalyptus coolabah subsp. excerata L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill
  • Eucalyptus coolabah var. arida Blakely
  • Eucalyptus coolabah Blakely & Jacobs var. coolabah
  • Eucalyptus gymnoteles L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill
  • Eucalyptus raveretiana var. jerichoensis Domin
  • Eucalyptus microtheca auct. non F.Muell.: Jessop

Eucalyptus coolabah, commonly known as coolibah or coolabah,[3] is a species of tree found in eastern inland Australia. It has rough bark on part or all of the trunk, smooth powdery cream to pink bark above, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven and hemispherical or conical fruit.

foliage and flowers
Coolibah woodland on a floodplain in Northern Australia
Sawn heartwood burr of a coolabah tree
  1. ^ Fensham, R.; Laffineur, B.; Collingwood, T. (2019). "Eucalyptus coolabah". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T61910010A61910019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T61910010A61910019.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Eucalyptus coolabah". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Eucalyptus coolabah". Euclid: Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research. Retrieved 4 June 2020.