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Koolpin Box

Eucalyptus koolpinensis

Koolpin Box
Photo: Ian Brooker and David Kleinig, CC BY 3.0 au

Koolpin box is a straggly, small eucalypt tree native to a tiny area of the Northern Territory, growing on sandstone outcrops and plains. It is a wild species rarely grown outside its native range, so care guidance is limited.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established, as it is adapted to a seasonally dry climate.
Soil
Well-drained, shallow or sandy soil, as in its native sandstone habitat.
Temperature
Suited to a seasonally dry tropical climate, warm year-round; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. Northern Territory
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Eucalyptus koolpinensis, commonly known as Koolpin box, is a species of straggly tree that is endemic to the Northern Territory. It has rough, fibrous bark on the trunk and branches, more or less round adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, creamy white flowers and cup-shaped fruit.

Where it grows

Koolpin box grows near the edge of broken sandstone outcrops in shallow soil and on the edge of nearby plains, often in almost pure stands. It is only known from two locations between the South Alligator River and Koolpin Gorge.

Other Eucalyptus plants

Eucalyptus abdita · Badgingarra Box · Wattle Leaved Peppermint · Powder Bark Wandoo · Woolbernup Mallee · White-mahogany · Lakefield Coolibah · Wellstead Mallee · Eucalyptus aenea · Welcome Hill Gum · Blue-leaf stringybark · Black Gum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eucalyptus koolpinensis 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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