ID this Corymbia pls 🙏🏻

[u/Physical-Job46]

My neighbour’s front yard in Geelong. It’s got a red flower & smooth peeling bark. Bout 3m tall. Lorikeets & Wattle birds SMASHING it!! 🥰

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[u/Mr_Mojo_Risin_83]

Looks like a WA red-flowering gum. We are so imaginative with names here.

[u/thehazzanator → u/Mr_Mojo_Risin_83]

Makes me sad to think there was/ is likely an indigenous name, same goes for all of the native plants, but we don't use them.

[u/Pademelon1 → u/thehazzanator]

There are Indigenous names for it e.g. Yorgum & Boorn. And that's part of the issue - oftentimes there are many different names (or no names at all, despite what you've said), making it hard for one to stick.

But names reflect their modern cultural context too - red flowering gum is easier for recognition of its ornamental nature, meanwhile other trees like 'Jarrah' or 'Marri' retain their Indigenous name.

[u/Physical-Job46 → u/Mr_Mojo_Risin_83]

Thanks, I’m not 110% sure, the bark looks smoother than corymbia ficifolia?