Summary ⁵

Pollen: Low but nutritious with 20.4% crude protein
Nectar: Low

Flowering time 10-3, 11-12... A coastal species from New South Wales. Previously widely tested, but never used commercially. Some test trees and park trees still exist. A fibre-bark eucalypt with relatively short, broad leaves. It resembles E. robusta, but fruits and buds are smaller. The latter are sessile, i.e. they do not have a stalk. The pedulce (common flower stalk) is flattened. The given flowering time is for the summer rainfall interior. Budding is initiated between February and May, and is mostly dependent on the preceding rainfall, but also on temperature and the size of the previous fruit crop. Heavy flowering is rarely observed. (Johannsmeier, M. F. (2016). Beeplants of South Africa: Sources of Nectar, Pollen, Honeydew and Propolis for Honeybees)

Although it produces some polen for the bees, this species does not rank very high in either quality or quantity of honey produced....On good soils may attain a height of nearly 50 m with a diameter of 1.3m and a clean bole for 15 to 20m. On open coastal areas has a short and stocky bole, is heavily branched and reaches only about 25m. The truewood is pink to reddish, hard and durable, the texture is coarse to medium and the grain is interlocked. It is mostly used in large sizes, and kiln-drying is uncommon. The drying rate is slow. Its main use is for sleepers, but it is used also for general building purposes, carriage and wheelwrights' work...Shapely, umbrageous tree with dark green leaves, particularly suited for exposed coastal situations. It withstands a considerable degree of soil salinity as well as hot, drying winds, but is frost-tender. A quick grower. (Penfold, A. R., & Willis, J. L. (1961). The Eucalyptus : Botany, Cultivation, Chemistry, and Utilization)

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Forest & Kim Starr, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Starr_051123-5437_Eucalyptus_botryoides.jpg
2. (c) Tony Rodd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_rodd/5655989647/
3. (c) Forest & Kim Starr, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Starr_051123-5436_Eucalyptus_botryoides.jpg
4. (c) Forest and Kim Starr, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/starr-environmental/24965248541/
5. (c) Megan W., some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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