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Eucalyptus melanoxylon
Also called Black Morrell
Eucalyptus melanoxylon, commonly known as black morrell, is a species of small to medium-sized tree that is endemic to Western Australia. It has hard, fissured bark on some or all of its trunk, linear to narrow lance-shaped leaves, flower buds in groups of between seven and fifteen, white flowers and conical to cup-shaped fruit.
Black morrell occurs in southern Western Australia from Westonia, Bullabulling and Lake King in the eastern wheatbelt to Balladonia in the eastern goldfields. It is found in depressions and on flats where it grows in sand-clay-loamy soils.
The heartwood of this species is a dark brown colour with visible growth rings. The wood is quite dense, with an air-dry density of 1,130 kg/m3 (1,900 lb/cu yd) and a green density of 1,165 kg/m3 (1,964 lb/cu yd). It is quite workable and is suitable for woodturning, sanding and finishing.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eucalyptus melanoxylon by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
