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Eucalyptus piperita
Also called Peppermint Stringybark, Sydney Peppermint, Urn-fruited Peppermint, Red Stringy Bark Tree, Redwood, Urn Fruit Peppermint, White Stringybark
Sydney peppermint is a small to medium forest tree from the tablelands and coast of New South Wales, Australia, valued for its aromatic leaf oil. It is a large outdoor tree best suited to open ground with good drainage rather than a container or houseplant.
Eucalyptus piperita, commonly known as Sydney peppermint and urn-fruited peppermint, is a small to medium forest tree native to New South Wales, Australia.
Sydney peppermint grows in the tablelands and coastal areas of central and southern New South Wales, especially on the sides of valleys.
The volatile leaf oil of E. piperita has been used in stomach upsets.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eucalyptus piperita 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.
