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Posted by taxonomist 7b VA (My Page) on
Thu, Jan 26, 06 at 18:58

Can anyone provide the full botanical name including the author's name for the Coolabah tree? You know, the one the swagman sat under. I cannot seem to locate the name on the internet. I know that it doesn't survive here on the east coast of the US, but I have a large greenhouse available and would like to know how the swagman felt when sat in it's shade.

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There is the usual problem with common names...
Coolabah / Coolibah brings up the following in the ANBG's common names database:

Eucalyptus intertexta
Eucalyptus microtheca (Eucalyptus coolabah)
Eucalyptus orgadophila

My guess is that our suicidal swagman was in fact under a Eucalyptus microtheca F.Muell., full taxonomy details of which can be found in the ANBG databases, link below. The naming of this species has been played with a bit.

Dan

Here is a link that might be useful: APNI

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I agree with Dan. Everything I've ever read in relation to the poem or the name 'Coolibah' has referred to Eucalyptus microtheca.
Cheers,
Dee.

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  • Posted by gonow NSW AUST (My Page) on
    Sat, Jan 28, 06 at 0:35

There has been a recent revision of microtheca by Hill and Johnson. The species up Longreach way, where the swagman was meant to have taken the plunge, is now E. coolabah ssp arida.

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This was also posted on the Botany forum and I posted an answer, essentially agreeing with gonow but rather more detailed - see link.

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