Red Gum

Red Gum may refer to any of a number of species of Eucalyptus or the closely related Corymbia, including

  • Corymbia calophylla, Red Gum or Marri, native to Western Australia
  • Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Red Gum, Murray Red Gum or River Red Gum
  • Eucalyptus macrorhyncha, Red Gum, Red Stringybark, Cannons Stringybark or Capertee Stringybark
  • Eucalyptus tereticornis, Red Gum or Forest Red Gum

or may refer to

  • Kino (gum)
  • Redgum, an Australian folk and political music band

Famous quotes containing the words red and/or gum:

    “For which he wex a litel red for shame,
    Whan he the peple upon him herde cryen,
    That to beholde it was a noble game,
    How sobreliche he caste doun his yen.
    Criseyda gan al his chere aspyen,
    And let so softe it in her herte sinke
    That to herself she seyde, “Who yaf me drinke?””
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340–1400)

    “The hunchback on the corner, with gum and shoelaces,
    Has his own wisdom and pleasures,”
    —Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989)