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27th July 2016, 09:19 PM #1
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Strange australian eucalyptus species
Hi --from Zululand---
Can anyone identify this weird tree --has mini -grape like berries
grows wild here
I Have turned Grandis ---into bowls and lamp-nice hard red wood--common here amongst African hardwoods --normally use teak mahogany ironwood
What species is this -??---see foto will send asap
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27th July 2016, 11:28 PM #2
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My guess is a variety of Lilly Pilly, though as mentioned in other posts I'm no botanist!!
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28th July 2016, 08:28 AM #3
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It's definitely not a Eucalypt or Corymbia. What makes you think it was introduced from Australia?
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28th July 2016, 08:57 AM #4
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Leaves look like a Ficus, fruit is unfamiliar but not like Lilly Pilly from up this way.
Cliff.
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28th July 2016, 02:58 PM #5
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Broadleaf Privet. Horrible weed. Have turned heaps green for practice,Broad-leaf-privet-fruit-and-leaves.jpg Phil
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28th July 2016, 03:29 PM #6
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+ one for privet.!
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28th July 2016, 04:11 PM #7
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+2 privet, especially if the flowers have a nauseating sweet smell
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28th July 2016, 05:11 PM #8
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I'd say privet too .A nice wood to turn and good for making white finials .
Ted
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28th July 2016, 05:21 PM #9
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+1 for Privet.
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28th July 2016, 09:53 PM #10
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I guess privet is kinda related to eucalyptus, both being members of the Eudicots clade, which is just one step down from "flowering plants" e.g. not much in common at all
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28th July 2016, 11:27 PM #11
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Broadleaf privet ---can it be turned ?
Hi Phil
Originally Posted by pommyphil
thanks for the ID of this tree ---looks a lot like some Aussie Eucalyptus --weird scent on fruit-mini -grapes ---common here in East Africa
can you give me any more data --uses /distribution of this tree?IF---
its got nice color /grain ----will try turning a dry log --
many thanks to all who replied ----
will send more fotos of turned wood
regards-ACACIA
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28th July 2016, 11:30 PM #12
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Thanks Ted
what color is the seasoned--wood--? light brown ?
will cut this tree down ( storm damaged)
and give it a go ----
appreciate
ACACIA
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29th July 2016, 05:02 PM #13
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The seasoned wood is white .
Ted
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30th July 2016, 07:24 AM #14
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These where all turned wet, no sanding,no finish very thin and no cracking. Yes cut them down and turn them, great fun.
The fruit are toxic to wildlife. PhilS6300125.JPG
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8th August 2016, 06:22 PM #15
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Broad leaf privet
That's great news ---so it can be turned !
those goblets never cracked?? wet wood ---that is astounding
(all the wet heavy dense iron wood lamp bases & bowls I made from teak ironwood cracked!
UMTAMBOTIE----Spistachys Africana-- the undisputed king of African hardwoods ---very dense /astounding color & grain ---bulldozed /destroyed-/discarded---for sugar plantations!!!sad but true
smells lot like sandalwood---overpowering wonderful- scent -----but sadly all objects cracked ---
even though they were waxed /oiled immediately-----
got to wait years for it to season--
heres a foto ---
many thanks to all ---
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