Eucalyptus globulus Labill.
Vernacular name: Nilgiri, Safeda
Species Name: Eucalyptus globulus Labill.
Family: Myrtaceae
Habit: Tall evergreen tree
Stem: Smooth bluish-white bark peeling in patches.
Leaf: Lanceolate, 10-20 cm long, glaucous when young, glossy green when mature.
Flowering: October–January
Flowers: White, solitary or umbellate, staminate.
Fruit: Woody capsule, hemispherical
Uses
- Leaf oil is used for asthma, cough, cold and bronchitis.
- Plant is used for fever treatment.
- Introduced by British planters in India.
- Tribal healers in Nilgiris use steam inhalation of plant for respiratory relief.
- It is planted as windbreak in Punjab farmlands.
- Plant is also used for timber, pulp and essential oil extraction.
- Diluted oil can be used for massage to alleviate minor aches.
- Plant has antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and aromatic properties.
- Plant can be used as a powerful expectorant.
