WHAT IS A RAINBOW TREE?
LESLIE WILLIS, SALFORD
GETTY IMAGES, ALAMY ILLUSTRATION: HARRIET NOBEL
In the tropical rainforests of the Philippines, New Guinea and Indonesia, grows a tree that looks more like a painting than a plant. The rainbow eucalyptus (Eucalyptus deglupta) is named after the vibrant coloured stripes on its trunk, which appear because the trees shed their thin bark throughout life.