Eucalyptus miniata

Eucalyptus miniata, commonly called Darwin woollybutt, is a medium to tall evergreen tree in the Myrtaceae family typically reaching 15-25 m and occasionally up to 30 m in height. The trunk is clad in rough, fibrous, brownish bark to the lower branches, giving way to smooth greyish bark on the upper trunk and limbs. Adult leaves are lance-shaped, dull to slightly glossy green, and arranged alternately, while juvenile foliage is elliptical and greenish-brown. The species develops a lignotuber for post-fire regeneration. From May to September it bears ribbed, ovoid buds in groups of seven that open into showy bright orange to scarlet flowers, followed by cylindrical to urn-shaped longitudinally ribbed woody fruits. Endemic to tropical northern Australia from the Kimberley region of Western Australia across the Northern Territory to northwestern Queensland, it dominates open savanna woodlands and sandstone escarpments on sandy soils and is a favoured food tree of the red-tailed black cockatoo.