{{for|a ship's crew responsible for cooking|Messman}} '''Messmate''' is a common name for a group of species of tree in the plant genus ''Eucalyptus'', all of which have rough bark. The name is of uncertain origin.<ref name="Boland 1984">{{cite book | author = Boland, D. J.| year = 1985 | title = Forest Trees of Australia | edition = 4th | isbn = 0-643-05423-5|display-authors=etal}}</ref>

Species commonly known as "messmate" include:<ref name="APCND">{{cite web | title = Australian Plant Common Name Database | url = http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/ | access-date = 2007-07-15 | publisher = Australian National Botanic Gardens}}</ref> * ''E.&nbsp;acmenoides'' (yellow messmate) * ''E.&nbsp;cloeziana'' (messmate, Gympie messmate, Queensland messmate, yellow messmate) * ''E.&nbsp;exserta'' (messmate, yellow messmate) * ''E.&nbsp;macta'' (red messmate) * ''E.&nbsp;obliqua'' (messmate, messmate stringybark) * ''E.&nbsp;resinifera'' (red messmate) * ''E.&nbsp;robertsonii'' (messmate, New South Wales messmate) * ''E.&nbsp;robusta'' (swamp messmate) * ''E.&nbsp;tetradonta'' (messmate)

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Category:Eucalyptus