Botany - Eucalyptus

Scientific name Eucalyptus globulus
Appearance Tree with a straight and smooth trunk, bark peeling in plates, juvenile leaves opposite and rounded, then long and hanging in adulthood, white solitary flowers with abundant stamens
Smell Camphoraceous, fresh, penetrating, very characteristic and persistent
Color Bluish green (leaves), creamy white (flowers), gray brown (bark)
Used parts Mature leaves, essential oil extracted by distillation
Origins Australia, Tasmania, acclimated in the Mediterranean, South America, and North Africa
Toxicity level Moderate (powerful essential oil to be handled with care, ingestion prohibited without medical supervision)