Botanical Name Eucalyptus camaldulensis

Family Name Myrtaceae

Common Name River Red Gum

Kaurna Name Kara

It prefers light to heavy soils in an open sunny position, near watercourses, and is drought and salt resistant but frost tender.

This is an Evergreen tree.

Height 50m

Spread 7m

Stem Is often twisted with spreading branches, smooth reddish brown bark
And With a densely textured crown.

Leaves Are dark green, 20cm long narrow tapered at both ends

Flowers Are white appearing in summer.

Propagation Is by seed

Aboriginal uses: this tree is referred to as the supermarket tree because of all it provides. The bark was used for canoes, shields (Wocalti) and shelters. Possums provided meat and skins, bird’s - meat and eggs, native bees, - honey, rounded growths called burls made bowls. The gum or sap which was high in tannin content was used to seal burns and cuts. Eucalyptus oil in the leaves was inhaled as a medicine to relieve congestion. The Kino (gum) was made into a drink for diarrhoea