Posted by Pierre Bianchi - France on 3/25/2009, 11:21 pm, in reply to ""Gum" name origin."
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The gum is the sticky brown matter which exsudes through the bark on the trunk and main branches of most adult Eucalypts .In iron - barks it saturates the bark which turns to a dark brown colour : a very interesting contrast with smooth - barked Eucalypts ( unfortunately I think most ironbark are 'nt hardy enough to grow outside USDA Zones 9 and 10 ( ? )
Pierre
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