Red Ironbark

Eucalyptus sideroxylon

A.Cunn. ex Woolls Species

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Botanical name
Eucalyptus sideroxylon
Also known as
Black Ironbark, Ironbark, Mugga, Mugga Ironbark, Mugga-Ironbark, Red Ironbark, Red-Ironbark, Three-Fruit Red Ironbark
Family
Myrtaceae
Genus
Eucalyptus
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Red Ironbark

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Eucalyptus sideroxylon but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Eucalyptus leucoxylon var. minor Eucalyptus sideroxylon subsp. improcera Eucalyptus sideroxylon var. minor Eucalyptus sideroxylon var. rosea

Others in Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus × stopfordii
Eucalyptus × adjuncta
Eucalyptus × aequans
Eucalyptus × affinis
Eucalyptus × algeriensis
Eucalyptus × ambigua
Eucalyptus × anomala
Eucalyptus angulosa
Ridge-Fruited Mallee

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