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What are gum leaves?
Gum leaves are leaves from the Eucalyptus tree. Australians commonly refer to Eucalyptus trees as gum trees.
What is the common name of eucalyptus leaves?
The most common name for the eucalyptus tree is gum tree. This is because eucalyptus trees exude a sticky resin, or gum.
What way do the leaves face on an eucalyptus tree or gum tree point?
Leaves on a eucalyptus tree point downwards.
What is the only food a Koala will eat?
Koalas feed almost exclusively on eucalyptus (gum) leaves.
Is a eucalyptus tree a gum tree?
A Eucalyptus tree is exactly the same as a Gum tree.
Where are leaves located?
Eucalyptus leaves are located on eucalyptus (gum) trees. Eucalyptus trees are native to Australia, but they have been introduced to many other parts of the world.
What type of tree is a eucalyptus gum?
Gum trees and eucalyptus trees are the same thing and eucalyptus gum is just the juice that comes out of the two tree's so they are pretty much the same thing.
What eucalyptus has blue and pink leaves?
No species of eucalyptus has blue and pink leaves. Some species, such as the Blue gum, have leaves which are a grey/green/blue colour.
What do koals like to eat and drink?
Koalas eat eucalyptus leaves which are also known as gum leaves.
What other than koalas eats gum leaves?
The Greater glider feeds extensively on gum (eucalyptus) leaves, and the Ringtail possum is also capable of living almost exclusively on gum leaves if it needs to.Wombats, kangaroos and other native herbivores will eat tender new gum shoots at the base of gum trees.Mature gum leaves are indigestible to other creatures. Only the koala, which feeds almost exclusively on gum leaves and flowers, has a digestive system which can filter out the poisons in eucalyptus leaves, and extract the maximum nutients and moisture content from the leaves.
Are gum leaves toxic to koalas?
Not at all. Although eucalyptus (gum) leaves are tough, toxic and low in nutrition, the koala's digestive system is able to remove the toxins, filtering them out by the liver. The caecum, which is similar to the human appendix, then changes the eucalyptus leaves into digestible nutrients.
Are koalas herbivores or carnivores?
The koala is strictly a herbivore, living almost exclusively on eucalyptus (gum tree) leaves and flowers.
