Designing, planting and maintaining WA native gardens
Corymbia calophylla
Common name Marri, so a key part of the Jarrah-Marri forest I’m living in the midst of. I don’t entirely understand the difference between a corymbia and a eucalyptus. I think it has something to do with a minor difference in their flowers. All these types of tree used to be called Eucalypts, then some smart arse decided to split the genus into Corymbias and Eucalypts. As of 2004 the change was still controversial enough that Ivan Holliday and Geoffrey Walton refused to use the word “Corymbia” in their book on Eucalypts. There you go. I imagine it’s been resolved by now, or maybe not? Perhaps it’s a raging debate that is splitting families and causing untold strife behind the apparently tranquil front of botany.
Whatever, here’s some pictures of one here. It’s the second in my “800 species of eucalypt” series (previous post here)…798 to go: