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Kimberley Box

Eucalyptus obconica

Eucalyptus obconica is a small tree or mallee native to the rocky hillsides of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is a hardy eucalypt suited to dry, skeletal soils, and is rarely grown outside its native range.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out between waterings; established plants need little supplementary water.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or stony soil; tolerates shallow, skeletal soils over rock.
Temperature
Tolerates hot, dry conditions typical of the Kimberley; protect young plants from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Eucalyptus obconica is a species of small tree or a mallee that is endemic to the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It has rough fibrous or flaky, wavy bark on the trunk and branches, lance-shaped to curved or oblong adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and conical fruit.

Where it grows

This species is found on rocky hill sides in scattered locations in the central and eastern Kimberley region, where it grows in skeletal soils over sandstone or quartzite, often forming pure stands on rocky plateaus.

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 obconica 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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