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Wood Specifications

  • Common Names(s): Yellow Gum, White Ironbark
  • Scientific Name: Eucalyptus leucoxylon
  • Distribution: Southern Australia (also widely planted as an ornamental tree)
  • Tree Size: 50-65 ft (15-20 m) tall, 2-3 ft (.6-1 m) trunk diameter
  • Average Dried Weight: 63 lbs/ft3 (1,010 kg/m3)
  • Specific Gravity: .76, 1.01
  • Janka Hardness: 2,470 lbf (11,000 N)
  • Modulus of Rupture: 16,100 lbf/in2 (111.0 MPa)
  • Elastic Modulus: 1,740,000 lbf/in2 (12.00 GPa)
  • Crushing Strength: 9,720 lbf/in2 (67.0 MPa)
  • Shrinkage: N/A

Sanded

Sealed

No characteristic odor.
Although severe reactions are quite uncommon, Yellow Gum has been reported to cause skin and respiratory irritation. See the articles Wood Allergies and Toxicity and Wood Dust Safety for more information.
This wood species is not listed in the CITES Appendices or on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Not to be confused with the much more widespread commercial South American lumber Bloodwood (Brosimum rubescens), Red Bloodwood is an unrelated Australian species.
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