Australian Native Plants

  Corymbia torelliana (Cadaghi)


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Corymbia torelliana

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Corymbia torelliana foliage

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CADAGHI FACTS

distribution map showing range of Corymbia torelliana in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License


Common Name
Cadaghi

Other Names
Eucalyptus torelliana, Cadagai

Description
The Cadaghi is fast growing tree with greenish trunk and large oval rough textured leaves. New grwoth is reddish and hairy. Clsuters of small white flowers in summer. Prone to attacks of unsightly sooty mould which can blacken underlying plants.

Distribution
Queensland,

Growth Characteristics
Height: 15m - 30m
Spread: 5m - 12m

Propagation
seeds (self seeds easily and can become a weed)



Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Corymbia
Species:torelliana
Common Name:Cadaghi


Relatives in same Genus
  Corymbia aparrerinja
  Corymbia citriodora
  Corymbia gummifera
  Corymbia intermedia
  Corymbia maculata
  Corymbia ptychocarpa
  Corymbia setosa
  Corymbia terminalis
  Corymbia tessellaris
  Corymbia 'Summer Red'