Coolibah honey
Eucalyptus coolabah
Honey from the coolibah, a eucalypt that lines rivers, creeks and billabongs in inland eastern Australia. It is light in colour and unusually gentle for a eucalyptus honey.
- Origin
- inland Queensland and New South Wales
- Colour
- 40 mm · extra light amber
- Taste
- mild and gentle
- Plant
- Eucalyptus coolabah · eucalyptus →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
The tree's name comes from an Aboriginal word (gulabaa); the coolibah grows in country that the rivers flood in the wet season.
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