Myrtaceae
Red bloodwood
Corymbia gummifera
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Corymbia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 伞房桉, 伞房花桉
- English
- Red bloodwood
- Persian
- خوندرخت سرخ
Synonyms
- Eucalyptus corymbosa Sm.
- Eucalyptus gummifera (Gaertn.) Hochr.
- Eucalyptus gummifera var. intermedia Domin
- Metrosideros gummifera Gaertn.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced
Photos
FruitPhoto: Toby Jin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mike Bayly, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Petra Holland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Casliber, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Max Campbell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Geekstreet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tim, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Geekstreet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Geekstreet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Petra Holland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ian Brooker and David Kleinig, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.