Messmate
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Messmate is a common name
Common name
A common name of a taxon or organism is a name in general use within a community; it is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism...

 for a group of species of tree in the plant genus Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Members of the genus dominate the tree flora of Australia...

, all of which have rough bark. The name is of uncertain origin.

Species commonly known as "messmate" include:
  • E. acmenoides
    Eucalyptus acmenoides
    Eucalyptus acmenoides, the White Mahogany is a common eucalyptus tree of eastern Australia. In the northern part of Sydney, where this tree grows on clay soils, the indigenous name is Barayly....

    (Yellow Messmate)
  • E. cloeziana
    Eucalyptus cloeziana
    Eucalyptus cloeziana, Gympie Messmate, is a small to tall tree with rough bark on most or the whole of the trunk and larger branches. The bark is soft, flaky, tessellated, light brown or yellow-brown, where smooth, greyish white or yellowish above....

    (Messmate, Gympie Messmate, Queensland Messmate, Yellow Messmate)
  • E. exserta (Messmate, Yellow Messmate)
  • E. macta (Red Messmate)
  • E. obliqua
    Eucalyptus obliqua
    Eucalyptus obliqua, commonly known as Australian Oak, Brown Top, Brown Top Stringbark, Messmate, Messmate Stringybark, Stringybark and Tasmanian Oak, is a hardwood tree native to south-eastern Australia....

    (Messmate, Messmate Stringybark)
  • E. resinifera
    Eucalyptus resinifera
    Eucalyptus resinifera , known as the Red Mahogany, is a common eucalyptus tree of eastern Australia. Its range of distribution is from Jervis Bay north to about Gladstone, Queensland in dry sclerophyll or wet sclerophyll forest habitats, preferring soils of a medium to high fertility.- Description :E...

    (Red Messmate)
  • E. robertsonii (Messmate, New South Wales Messmate)
  • E. robusta
    Eucalyptus robusta
    Eucalyptus robusta, commonly known as Swamp Mahogany, Swamp Messmate or Swamp Stringybark, is a tree native to eastern Australia.-Description:...

    (Swamp Messmate)
  • E. tetradonta (Messmate)
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