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Eucalyptus saligna Sm.

Saligna gum; Sydney Blue Gum

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Saligna gum
Deutsch Sydney blue gum
English Saligna gum; Sydney Blue Gum
Français Eucalyptus saligna
Italiano Sydney blue gum
Suomi Sydney blue gum
Norsk Sydney blue gum
Čeština Sydney blue gum
Español Sydney blue gum
Svenska Sydney blue gum
Polski Sydney blue gum
Український Sydney blue gum
Român Sydney blue gum
Русский Sydney blue gum
Български Sydney blue gum
EESTI Sydney blue gum
日本語 Sydney blue gum
Other names

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC
Xylotheque

Origin

Geographic Regions Australien
States and Territories Australia (E-Queensland W of Mackay on the Kroombit and Blackdown Tablelands, in the Carnarvon Gorge area and from near Maryborough S to about Batemans Bay, New South Wales); Costa Rica [I]; Honduras [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Taiwan [I]; tropical Africa [I]; Java [I]; China [I] (Guangdong [I], Guangxi [I]); Thailand [I]; Bangladesh [I]; Mauritius [I]; Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Molokai [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); Myanmar [I]; Sri Lanka [I]; New Zealand [I]; Morocco [c]; Mozambique [I]; Cameroon [I]
[I] = Introduced
[c] = Commercially cultivated

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Myrtales
Family Myrtaceae
Genus Eucalyptus
Species saligna
Author citation Sm.
Scientific name Eucalyptus saligna Sm.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 3
Common furniture beetle (Anobium) n/a
Termites n/a

Impregnability according to EN 350

Impregnability of heartwood n/a
Impregnability of the sapwood n/a
Width of the sapwood n/a

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit ... kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 850.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit ... kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

Saligna gum;  Sydney Blue Gum

Eucalyptus saligna , ©Dennis Wilson

Bark

Saligna gum;  Sydney Blue Gum

EUSL , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson