wondered Julie Bergen, an occupational therapist from Alameda. Reaching heights of more than 100 feet, the main kind of eucalyptus you’re likely to see here is Tasmanian blue gum, eucalyptus globulus.

The hated Tasmanian blue gum tree - better known as a variety of eucalyptus - has been blamed for virtually every evil short of snatching babies out of strollers, but its species can never be ...

Farmers plowed their produce fields and planted gum. In fact, what is now Lake Forest was once a eucalyptus plantation. By 1904, there was a eucalyptus craze raging. A rumor that the United States ...

Instead, it’s refined from oil extracted from the Australian plant Corymbia citriodora, aka lemon-scented gum. (That’s another misleading aspect of the name oil of lemon eucalyptus ...

Eucalyptus is an evergreen tree that’s widely used for its medicinal properties. Although native to Australia, this popular tree now grows in many areas worldwide. It has a gum-infused bark ...

For the purposes of aromatherapy, however, Eucalyptus globulus—also known as “blue gum”—is the most common source of those fragrant oils. This is what you’ll likely find in your local ...

The eucalyptol in eucalyptus oil is often added to toothpaste and mouthwash to combat plaque and gum disease. Eucalyptus oil can also be added to chewing gum for the same oral health benefits.

Giraldo studied insect damage on 284 fossil Eucalyptus leaves from the 52-million-year-old Laguna del Hunco fossil rainforest in Argentina and compared the damage patterns with over 10,000 modern ...