Gimlet (eucalypt)

A gimlet is one of nine species of eucalypt in the genus Eucalyptus, series Contortae.

The most widely distributed of the gimlets, is E. salubris which is found throughout the south-west of Western Australia, other than in coastal areas and wet forests.

The only gimlet that is a mallee is E. effusa which forms a lignotuber from which it can resprout after fire.

The other eight gimlets are mallets, do not form a lignotuber, are killed by fire and regenerate from seed.

These species are E. campaspe, E. creta, E. diptera, E. jimberlanica, E. ravida, E. terebra, E. salubris and E.