Eucalyptus

The Eucalyptus (from Greek “εὖ”, “well” and “καλύπτω”, “to hide”, in reference to the fact that the petals hide the rest of the flower) is an evergreen and arboreal plant originating from Oceania (mostly from Tasmania, Australia and New Guinea) belonging to the family Mirtacee (there are 600 species). Introduced in Italy at the beginning of the ‘800, the Eucalyptus is among the plants with therapeutic and curative properties; the blooming periods are long: in particular the E. globulus blooms between winter and spring and the E. camaldulensis during the summer.