Messmate is a
common name
In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often contrast ...
for a group of species of tree in the plant genus ''
Eucalyptus
''Eucalyptus'' () is a genus of over seven hundred species of flowering trees, shrubs or mallees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Along with several other genera in the tribe Eucalypteae, including '' Corymbia'', they are commonly known as euca ...
'', all of which have rough bark. The name is of uncertain origin.
Species commonly known as "messmate" include:
* ''
E. acmenoides'' (yellow messmate)
* ''
E. cloeziana'' (messmate, Gympie messmate, Queensland messmate, yellow messmate)
* ''
E. exserta'' (messmate, yellow messmate)
* ''
E. macta'' (red messmate)
* ''
E. obliqua'' (messmate, messmate stringybark)
* ''
E. resinifera'' (red messmate)
* ''
E. robertsonii'' (messmate, New South Wales messmate)
* ''
E. robusta'' (swamp messmate)
* ''
E. tetradonta'' (messmate)
References
{{Plant common name
Eucalyptus