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Eucalyptus melliodora
Also called Honey Box, Yellow Ironbox, Yellow Ironbark, Yellow Box Gum
Yellow box is a medium-sized to tall eucalypt tree from south-eastern Australia, typically reaching around 30 m, valued for timber, firewood and honey. It grows best in full sun in open, well-drained sites and tolerates frost and dry conditions once established.
Eucalyptus melliodora, commonly known as yellow box, honey box or yellow ironbox, is a species of medium-sized to occasionally tall tree that is endemic to south-eastern, continental Australia. It has rough, flaky or fibrous bark on part or all of the trunk, smooth greyish to yellowish bark above. The adult leaves are lance-shaped to egg-shaped, the flower buds are arranged in groups of seven and the fruit is more or less hemispherical.
Yellow box is widely distributed on the eastern plains and tablelands from western Victoria, New South Wales and up from the capital territory to south-central Queensland.
Eucalyptus melliodora provides good firewood and durable timber. The honey produced from it is renowned for its quality.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eucalyptus melliodora 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.
