Everything about Eucalyptus Obliqua totally explained
Eucalyptus obliqua, commonly known as
Australian Oak,
Brown Top,
Brown Top Stringbark,
Messmate,
Messmate Stringybark,
Stringybark and
Tasmanian Oak, is an
hardwood tree native to south-eastern
Australia.
Description
It grows as a
tree up to 90 metres tall, with a trunk up to three metres in diameter. It has a
lignotuber, so burnt or coppiced trees sometimes recover in
mallee form. It has thick, rough, stringy bark, and glossy green leaves from six to 22 centimetres long, and 1½ to 7 centimetres wide.
Inflorescences consist of seven to 15 white flowers. The fruits are barrel-shaped.
Taxonomy
E. obliqua has the taxonomic distinction of being the first
Eucalyptus species discovered and published. It was first collected in 1777 during
Cook's third expedition; the
botanist David Nelson collected the specimen from
Bruny Island, an island which is part of
Tasmania. This specimen was sent to the
British Museum in
London, where it was examined by the
French botanist
Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle. L'Héritier used it as the
type species for a new genus, which he published in 1788. He named the genus
Eucalyptus from the
Greek eu ("good, well") and
calyptos ("covered") in reference to the flower bud cap. He gave this species the name
obliqua from the
Latin obliquus ("oblique"), in reference to the leaf bases of unequal length. Thus the full name of the species is
Eucalyptus obliqua L.Her.
The species has a great many synonyms:
It occurs on a wide range of soils in hilly or mountainous areas. In cool mountainous areas it forms
tall open-forest with other
Eucalyptus species such as
E. fastigata (Brown Barrel),
E. nitens (Shining Gum),
E. cypellocarpa (Mountain Grey Gum),
E. viminalis (Manna Gum) and
E. delegatensis (Alpine Ash).
The timber has moderate hardness and strength, but low durability. It splits easily, and is easily worked, glued and stained; it's also suitable for steam bending. It is mostly used for pulp production and for construction and manufacture, especially in house building, joinery, flooring, and furniture.
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