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Eucalyptus rubiginosa
False Mahogany (Eucalyptus rubiginosa) is a eucalypt tree native to south-eastern Queensland, growing to 15 to 20 m on sandstone in forest and woodland. Commonly grown as a shade and landscape tree in subtropical climates, it is best given full sun and well-drained soil.
Eucalyptus rubiginosa is a species of tree that is endemic to Queensland. It has rough, fibrous bark, lance-shaped or curved adult leaves that are paler on the lower surface, flower buds in groups of nine or eleven, white flowers and cup-shaped or hemispherical fruit.
This tree grows over sandstone in forest and woodland mainly between Bauhinia Downs and Theodore especially in the Isla Gorge National Park but also in the Barakula State Forest near Chinchilla.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eucalyptus rubiginosa 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.
