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botanical illustration of Eucalyptus melliodora, Eucalyptus melliodora

botanical record · discovered

Eucalyptus melliodora

Eucalyptus melliodora

Ballı evkalipt · Honey Box · Honungseukalyptus · Yellow Box · Yellow Ironbox · Yellow box gum · Yellow-Box · eucalipto · eucalipto-de-mel · honey-box · mi wei an · yellow ironbark · yellow ironbox · yellow-box

At a glance

Origin / distribution: BR, CY, IN, ZA

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: not documented

Science studied: ALLO-AROMADENDRENE, AROMADENDRENE, BENZALDEHYDE, CAMPHOLENIC-ALDEHYDE

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Myrtaceae

Scientific name: Eucalyptus melliodora

Common names: Ballı evkalipt, Honey Box, Honungseukalyptus, Yellow Box, Yellow Ironbox, Yellow box gum, Yellow-Box, eucalipto, eucalipto-de-mel, honey-box, mi wei an, yellow ironbark, yellow ironbox, yellow-box

POWO: 593117-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone

History

The source record documents this plant in BR, CY, IN, ZA.

Documented historical or traditional applications are not available in this record.

This summary is limited to the cited source record.

Origins and distribution

  • BR
  • CY
  • IN
  • ZA

Documented cultural uses

not documented in this record

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific research

Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.

Indexed research records

  • Land availability may be more important than genetic diversity in the range shift response of a widely distributed eucalypt, Eucalyptus melliodora · 2018 source ↗
  • A genetic analysis of scattered Yellow Box trees (Eucalyptus melliodora A.Cunn. ex Schauer, Myrtaceae) and their restored cohorts · 2013 source ↗
  • An evaluation of the genetic structure of seed sources and the maintenance of genetic diversity during establishment of two yellow box (Eucalyptus melliodora) seed-production areas · 2015 source ↗

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

  • ALLO-AROMADENDRENE
  • AROMADENDRENE
  • BENZALDEHYDE
  • CAMPHOLENIC-ALDEHYDE
  • BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE
  • 1,8-CINEOLE
  • CITRONELLAL
  • CITRONELLIC-ACID
  • CITRONELLOL
  • CITRONELLYL-ACETATE
  • CUMINALDEHYDE
  • P-CYMENE
  • P-CYMEN-8-OL
  • ALPHA-P-DIMETHYL-STYRENE
  • BETA-ELEMENE
  • EO
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  • ALPHA-FENCHYL-ALCOHOL
  • GLOBULOL
  • ISOAMYL-ISOVALERATE
  • LEDOL
  • MYRCENE
  • MYRTENOL
  • ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE
  • ALPHA-PINENE
  • BETA-PINENE
  • SPATHULENOL
  • TERPINEN-4-OL
  • ALPHA-TERPINENE
  • GAMMA-TERPINENE
  • ALPHA-TERPINEOL
  • ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE
  • ALPHA-THUJENE
  • VERBENONE
  • BORNEOL
  • CAMPHENE
  • LIMONENE
  • LINALOOL
  • PIPERITONE
  • TRANS-PINOCARVEOL

Legality

No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.

Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.

Reference images

Sources

Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP

World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0

show claim source mapping
  • identity · DH-SRC-0030
  • documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
  • compounds · DH-SRC-0030
  • taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
  • powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
  • wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

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