ABSTRACT

There are probably few tree genera that have had as much written about them as the eucalypts. Indigenous to the Australasian region, they are now among the most widely cultivated of all plants, particularly in tropical and subtropical parts of the world. The multiple uses to which eucalypts are put, from construction timber to fuel and pulp, and from oils to amenity planting, make this plant genus one of the most valuable and widely used in the world.