Coolabah (Eucalyptus microtheca)

Family: Myrtaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Small to medium tree that can grow large in optimum conditions. Tolerates flooding, heavy soils, alkaline soils and a hot dry site. Great shade tree on larger properties.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweet, manna-like substance. — The seeds are powdered and made into cakes which are baked and eaten.; Sap from the roots is used as an emergency source of water for travellers through dry regions.; The plant is a source of 'lerp' - a sweet, manna-like substance.; Lerps are waxy scale-like coverings constructed by the immature stage (nymphs) of several species of sap-sucking insects.

Habitat & North American Range

Usually found on seasonally inundated country around the edges of swamps or lagoons, or along watercourses. (Zone 9)