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Western Red Bloodwood

Corymbia pocillum

Corymbia pocillum, the Western Red Bloodwood, is a small tree in the myrtle family found in dry country in western Queensland, where it grows in sandy soil on sandstone and granite. It is an eucalypt-type tree grown mainly in its native dry climate, and it is not a common garden or houseplant.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water young plants regularly until established, then rely on rainfall with little extra irrigation.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or gravelly soil, including sandstone-derived soils.
Temperature
Tolerates hot dry conditions; frost-sensitive when young.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Queensland
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Corymbia pocillum is a species of tree that is endemic to a small area in Queensland. It has rough flaky bark on the trunk, sometimes also on the larger branches, smooth bark above, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and urn-shaped to almost spherical fruit.

Where it grows

This eucalypt grows in sandy soil on sandstone and granite around Normanton and south of there towards Hughenden.

Other Corymbia plants

Scraggy Bloodwood · Range Bloodwood · Corymbia aparrerinja · Corymbia arafurica · Kimberley Bloodwood · Katherine Gorge Bloodwood · Corymbia aspera · Corymbia aureola · Corymbia bella · Corymbia blakei · Glossy Leaved Bloodwood · Yellow Bloodwood

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Corymbia pocillum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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