Eucalyptus × stopfordii
Messmate Stringybark
Eucalyptus obliqua
L'Hér. Species
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- Botanical name
- Eucalyptus obliqua
- Also known as
- Australian-Oak, Black-Box, Brown-Topped Stringybark, Browntop, Browntop Stringybark, Messmate, Messmate Stringybark, Messmate-Stringybark, Messmate-Tree, Mountain-Ash-of-Victoria, Stringybark, Tasmanian-Oak
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Eucalyptus
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Messmate Stringybark
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Eucalyptus obliqua but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Eucalyptus decaisneana
Eucalyptus fabrorum
Eucalyptus falcifolia
Eucalyptus heterophylla
Eucalyptus nervosa
Eucalyptus obliqua
Eucalyptus obliqua var. degressa
Eucalyptus obliqua var. megacarpa
Eucalyptus pallens
Eucalyptus procera
Others in Eucalyptus
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