Eucalyptus oil and other leaf extracts may be useful, but it is not a good tree to have near your home. There are 2 reasons:
Two things @ eucalyptus
1. They are not so resistant to high wind pressure/storms gale etc. They will often be uprooted by a sudden strong wind and damage home, car etc(may even kill men).
2. They absorb a lot of ground water. You plant a lot of eucalyptus around a pond, and as the eucalyptus grows it may dry up the pond if the pond is not substantially below the water table level.
Eucalyptus oil and other leaf extracts may be useful, but it is not a good tree to have near your home. There are 2 reasons:
Two things @ eucalyptus
1. They are not so resistant to high wind pressure/storms gale etc. They will often be uprooted by a sudden strong wind and damage home, car etc(may even kill men).
2. They absorb a lot of ground water. You plant a lot of eucalyptus around a pond, and as the eucalyptus grows it may dry up the pond if the pond is not substantially below the water table level.