Family: Myrtaceae

The scarlet pear gum is a small tree with a slender habit. The trunk is grey-white, glossy green leaves fill the upright canopy. It is a fast grower with some shade and wind tolerance.  Native to Western Australia, a medium maintenance tree.

Plant Uses:

• Ornamental
• Privacy / screening
• Specimen
• Windbreak

Plant Dangers:

• No dangers

High Risk Traits:

• Unpalatable to grazing animals
  
• Congeneric weeds (other Eucalyptus species are significant weeds)
  
• Produces viable seed
  
• Natural hybridization
  
• Requires specialist bird pollinators
  
• Intentional dispersal by people
  
• Wind-dispersed seeds
  
• Prolific seed production

Low Risk Traits:

• Not naturalized outside native range
  
• Not documented as a weed
  
• No spines, thorns, or burrs
  
• No toxicity
  
• Not shade tolerant
  
• No vegetative reproduction
  
• No persistent seed bank
  
• Lacks lignotuber (limits resprouting)