Eucalyptus marginata
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Western Herbalism Properties
Traditional Uses
The Noongar people of south-western Western Australia, whose language gives the tree its name, used jarrah medicinally. The leaves and bark were employed to treat wounds, fevers, colds, headaches, skin diseases and snakebite; crushed leaves were applied as an antibacterial poultice, held under the nose to relieve nasal congestion, or eaten to relieve dysentery (WWF-Australia). No North American or pioneer use is documented for this Australian species.
Botanical Description
Eucalyptus marginata, the jarrah, is a large evergreen tree of the myrtle family (Myrtaceae) endemic to the south-west corner of Western Australia. It commonly reaches 30 to 40 metres tall, occasionally to 50 metres, with a stout trunk and, in older trees, a swollen lignotuber and very deep roots; in exposed sites it may instead form a low mallee. The rough, greyish-brown, fibrous bark is vertically grooved and sheds in long flat strips. The curved, lance-shaped leaves are 8 to 13 centimetres long, glossy dark green above and paler beneath, with a pale vein running around the leaf margin that gives the species its name. Creamy white flowers are borne in clusters of seven to eleven from conical-capped buds, mainly between spring and summer, and are followed by relatively large, rounded woody fruits. Jarrah dominates the forests of the high-rainfall belt of the south-west and yields a famously hard, durable red timber.
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