Myrtaceae

Tuart

Eucalyptus gomphocephala DC.

Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus

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Tuart (Eucalyptus gomphocephala) — FlowerPhoto: jirau, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (8)

aeb: كلتوس
Chinese: 棒头桉, 钉头桉
Dutch: Tuart
English: Tuart, Moorun, Mouarn, Tooart
Esperanto: Tuart-eŭkalipto
French: Tuart
German: Tuart
Swedish: Tuart

Synonyms

Eucalyptus gomphocephala var. rhodoxylon Blakely & H.Steedman

Flowers

In flower: February to March, August to September (from 12 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: jirau, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Tyler Anthony, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: User:JarrahTree, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jacobus Retief, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: JarrahTree, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: smathichong, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stickpen, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Leon Perrie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.