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Accession Data:

Eucalyptus globulus Labill.

  • Common Name: Tasmanian Blue Gum
  • Family: Myrtaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Australia - Tasmania, Victoria
  • Habitat: Damp marshy areas on moist loams and clays in coastal region

  • Uses: • Oils are in classified into: (1) medicinal, containing eucalytol or cineol (2) industrial, containing terpenes, used in mining operations, and (3) aromatic, as in E. citriodora. • Considered anesthetic, antibronchitic, antiseptic, anticatarrh, antiparasitic, antirheumatic, antispasmodic, antiviral, cooling, antiinflammatory, diuretic, febrifuge, rubefacient, analgesic, insect repellent, sedative, expectorant, stimulant.

    from Philippine Alternative Medicine, http://www.stuartxchange.org/Eucalyptus.html

  • USDA Zone: 8-10

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200400173
  • Source: Jeff Smith - Connecticut College
  • Accession Date: 09-20-2004
  • Bench: 2313 - New Zealand/Australia
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 09-19-2017

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: rosids
  • Order: Myrtales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Myrtaceae
  • SubFamily: Myrtoideae
  • Tribe: Eucalypteae
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Medicinal Plants
  • Beverage Plants
  • Dye Plants
  • Plants used in EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany

References (external):

data regenerated on Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:30:27 -0400

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