turpentine-tree

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


The name is applied to manytrees in Australia yielding a resin, but especially to the treecalled Tallow-Wood (q.v.), Eucalyptus microcorys,F. v. M., N.O. Myrtaceae; to Eucalyptus punctata,De C., N.O. Myrtaceae, called also Leather-Jacket, Hickory, Red – , and Yellow-Gun,and Bastard-Box; and to E. stuartiana, F. v. M., N.O. Myrtaceae. In New Zealand, it is also applied tothe Tarata. See Mapau.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 523:

«[ E. Stuartiana is] frequently called Turpentine Tree,or Peppermint Tree. In Victoria it is known as Apple Tree,Apple-scented Gum, White Gum, and Mountain Ash. It is theWoolly Butt of the county of Camden (New South Wales).Occasionally it is known as Stringybark. It is called Boxabout Stanthorpe (Queensland), Tea Tree at Frazer's Island(Queensland), and Red Gum in Tasmania.»

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