Eucalyptus trees, the researchers believe, are drawing gold from 35 meters below ground, then pushing it out to the leaves to reduce its poisonous effects. The actual amount of gold in each leaf ...

Eucalyptus trees -- or gum trees as they are known -- are drawing up gold particles from the earth via their root system and depositing it their leaves and branches. Eucalyptus trees in the ...

have discovered that eucalyptus trees in the Australian outback are drawing up gold particles from deep underground through their root system and depositing the precious metal in their leaves and ...

Gold. Giving gold leaf a more literal meaning, CSIRO scientists have established that eucalyptus trees draw up gold particles from deep in the soil via water absorbed by their root system.