# Messmate

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'''Messmate''' is a [common name](/source/common_name) for a group of species of tree in the plant genus ''[Eucalyptus](/source/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](/source/Australian_National_Botanic_Gardens)}}</ref>
* ''[E.&nbsp;acmenoides](/source/Eucalyptus_acmenoides)'' (yellow messmate)
* ''[E.&nbsp;cloeziana](/source/Eucalyptus_cloeziana)'' (messmate, Gympie messmate, Queensland messmate, yellow messmate)
* ''[E.&nbsp;exserta](/source/Eucalyptus_exserta)'' (messmate, yellow messmate)
* ''[E.&nbsp;macta](/source/Eucalyptus_macta)'' (red messmate)
* ''[E.&nbsp;obliqua](/source/Eucalyptus_obliqua)'' (messmate, messmate stringybark)
* ''[E.&nbsp;resinifera](/source/Eucalyptus_resinifera)'' (red messmate)
* ''[E.&nbsp;robertsonii](/source/Eucalyptus_robertsonii)'' (messmate, New South Wales messmate)
* ''[E.&nbsp;robusta](/source/Eucalyptus_robusta)'' (swamp messmate)
* ''[E.&nbsp;tetradonta](/source/Eucalyptus_tetradonta)'' (messmate)

==References==
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Category:Eucalyptus

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