This variable mallee to large tree has a brown scaly to tessellated trunk with spreading branches that form a dense rounded crown. It has leathery glossy dark green ovate leaves and the creamy white flowers appear in a cluster during late summer.

Hardiness zones 9 to 10

Corymbia calophyllais naturally found in south-west Western Australia from Albany to north of Perth growing on the Darling range plateau in open forest to coastal flat lands or around wetlands and salt marshes and along drainage lines from sea level to an altitude of 300 m (984 ft). It is a variable tree that forms a mallee to 6 m (20 ft) in drier regions or grows to a large tree up to 60 m (197 ft) tall with a spreading crown in open areas to a narrow crown in dense forest.

It prefers an open sunny position and grows in gravelly-sandy to sandy alluvial soils that are moist and fertile and tending acidic with a pH range of 5.5 to 7.5. It is very drought and frost hardy was established and can tolerate periodic inundation.

Marri is grown for its stately habit and its attractive flowers and foliage. It is planted parks, and public places and bushland settings as a specimen for shade. It is also grown along a shelter belts in farms or use for honey production.

It is suitable for coastal and low mountain regions and establishes in 4-6 years and is long lived. The honey coloured timber is used in fine furniture manufacturing or is pulped for paper production and chip board. it is not suitable for domestic as it has invasive strong roots that can damage pathways or block drains. ID 3304

Corymbia(kor-RIM-bee-uh) calophylla(KAL-oh-FY-la)

Myrtaceae(mir-TAY-see-ee)
Myrtle, Eucalyptus, Clove and Guava Family