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Desert Wandoo

Eucalyptus nigrifunda

Desert wandoo is a small tree (5 to 7 m) native to a very restricted area of central Western Australia, growing on granite breakaways in sandy-clay soils. As a rare wild species it is seldom grown, and it needs full sun and very good drainage.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out between waterings; established trees need little extra water.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gritty soil; tolerates poor, sandy-clay soils.
Temperature
Hot, dry conditions suit it; tolerates frost only lightly, so protect young plants below about -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate

About

Eucalyptus nigrifunda, commonly known as desert wandoo, is a species of tree that is endemic to a small area in central Western Australia. It has smooth reddish brown bark with some rough, flaky black bark near the base of the trunk, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of nine, white flowers and cylindrical to barrel-shaped fruit.

Where it grows

Desert wandoo is found on breakaways of decomposing granite in a small area in the Great Victoria Desert where it grows in sandy-clay soils.

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 nigrifunda 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.

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