ON THIS PLANT
Eucalyptus cornuta, commonly known as yate, is a tree species, sometimes a mallee and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It has rough, fibrous bark on all or most of its trunk, smooth bark above, mostly lance-shaped adult leaves, elongated flower buds in groups of eleven or more, yellowish flowers and cylindrical to cup-shaped fruit. It is widely cultivated and produces one of the hardest and strongest timbers in the world.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Eucalyptus
- Family
- Myrtaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Yate en Yeit