Red Gum Tree Wood

Traditionally used in rot resistant applications like stumps fence posts and sleepers more recently it has been recognised in craft furniture for its spectacular deep red colour and typical fiddleback figure.

Red gum tree wood. Die laubblätter an jungen exemplaren sind breit lanzettlich bis eiförmig und matt grau grün. It needs careful selection as it tends to be. This wood is sometimes referred in the lumber trade as sapgum or sweetgum the heartwood is gray to reddish brown and this is the source of the wood most commonly referred to as redgum some examples of the heartwood feature darker black. Common names include marri and port gregory gum and a long standing usage has been red gum due to the red sap effusions often found on trunks.

The red gum tree produces lumber with wide sapwood that is whitish to light pink or tan in color. Red gum is so named for its brilliant red wood which can range from a light pink through to almost black depending on the age and weathering. Red gum was recorded as a name in use by the swan river colonists in 1835. Die borke ist weich und weiß grau bis rotbraun und schält sich in kurzen bändern oder flicken ab.