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Eucalyptus dumosa (Water Mallee)

Synonyms: Eucalyptus dumosa var. rhodophloia; Eucalyptus incrassata var. dumosa (homotypic); Eucalyptus lamprocarpa (heterotypic); Eucalyptus muelleri (heterotypic); Eucalyptus rhodophloia

Wikipedia Abstract

Eucalyptus dumosa, commonly known as the Walkerie mallee, Congoo mallee, Cong mallee, Dumosa mallee or the White Mallee, is a mallee of south eastern Australia. Mallee is the Wergaui/ Wotjobaluk word for this species.
View Wikipedia Record: Eucalyptus dumosa

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Eucalyptus dumosa

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [2]  Citronellal, an essential oil found in most Eucalyptus species is reported to be mutagenic when used in isolation; In large doses, oil of eucalyptus, like so many essential oils has caused fatalities from intestinal irritation; Death is reported from ingestion of 4 - 24 ml of essential oils, but recoveries are also reported for the same amount; Symptoms include gastroenteric burning and irritation, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, oxygen deficiency, ,weakness, dizziness, stupor, difficult respiration, delirium, paralysis, convulsions, and death, usually due to respiratory failure;
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Pollinators [2]  Bees
Scent [2]  The bruised leaves have a strong smell of camphor.
Structure [2]  Tree
Usage [2]  The leaves contain over 1% essential oil; This oil has a strong scent of camphor and is more pure than the oil of most other Eucalyptus species; The wood is too small to be used commercially. However, it is used as a fuel;
Height [2]  23 feet (7 m)
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Riverland Biosphere Reserve Ia 1490891 South Australia, Australia
Wyperfeld National Park II 890865 Victoria, Australia

Predators

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 4Long-term Observations of the Diet of the Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata near the Little Desert, Western Victoria, RAYMOND C. REICHELT and DARRYL N. JONES, AUSTRALIAN FIELD ORNITHOLOGY 2008, 25, 22–30
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0