Endemic Plants Catalogue, Page 4

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Erythrina verspertilio  (Fabaceae)

Bat's Wing Coral Tree

Tree to 10m. Bark has thick thorns. Flowers are bright red and pea shaped Novermber to December. Nectar producing flowers are a favourite with honey-eating birds.

River Red Gum

Fast growing tree to 40m. Flowers are white and may flower any time between March and October. It grows along watercourses and rivers.

Useful for timber and shade.

Coolibah

To 15m. Flowers white in Dec - Feb. Widespread. Grows on seasonally inundated, heavy-soiled plains

Eucalyptus gamophylla  (Myrtaceae)

Twin Leaf Mallee or Blue Mallee

Small tree to 4m. Flowers white, October to March. This species varies greatly from mallee to forest tree. Foliage, bluish. It grows in sandplains and occasionally on rocky hillslopes.

Eucalyptus leucophloia  (Myrtaceae)

Snappy Gum

Small tree to 6m. Flowers are small creamy, white, February to March. Bark is white or pinkish. It is widespread and grows on hillsides and ridges as well as on open flat areas with spinifex. Useful firewood and Aborigines used it for medicine.

Eucalyptus leucophylla  (Myrtaceae)

Cloncurry Box, Northern Grey Box

Tree 8 to 13m. Flowers white, May, December. It grows adjacent to watercourses, alluvial flats and valley floors and is widespread.

Eucalyptus melanphloia  Mt. Isa form (Myrtaceae)

Silver - Leaf Ironbark

Medium tree to 20m but as a mallee and much smaller around the Mount Isa area. Flowers white, September to March. It grows in granite hills and flats. Good honey source.

Eucalyptus normantonensis  (Myrtaceae)

Normanton Box

Small mallee tree 3 to 5m. Flowers are small and white usually May to August but can be sporadic. It grows in low open woodlands on plains and along gullies.

It makes a good amenity tree.

Eucalyptus nudicaulis  (Myrtaceae)

Small mallee tree 3 to 5m. Very similar to E. normantonensis but not nearly as widespread.

Eucalyptus odontocarpa  (Myrtaceae)

Erect mallee to 4m. Closely related to E. gamophylla.

Red-bud Mallee

Mallee to 5m. Spectacular buds. Flowers pale yellow in Apr - Jul. Good garden specimen

Eucalyptus pruinosa  (Myrtaceae)

Silver-leaved Box or Western Silver Box

Tree or mallee to 6m. Foliage is bluish. Flowers are creamy, yellow June to July and November to January. It grows in stands on low, flat country with sandy clay loam soils. Bark was used for aching limbs and a liquid was drunk for colds and fever.