Eucalyptus decorticans Maiden

Tree to 40 m. Bark rough on trunk and larger branches, grey to black, then smooth and white above. Juvenile leaves lanceolate, green, discolorous. Adult leaves narrowly lanceolate, acuminate; lamina 8.5–12 cm long, 1–1.5 cm wide, green to grey-green; lateral veins very faint, at 40°–50°; intramarginal vein confluent with or up to 1 mm from margin; petiole 12–20 mm long. Conflorescence axillary and terminal panicles, also axillary umbels; umbels 7-flowered; peduncle angular to slightly flattened, 5–18 mm long; pedicels 2–6 mm long. Buds clavate or fusiform; operculum conical, 3–4 mm long, 3–5 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, 3–4 mm long, 3–5 mm wide. Fruits ovoid to subcylindrical or almost hemispherical, occasionally faintly ribbed, 4–7 mm long and wide; disc narrow, convex, level or descending; valves 3 or 4, just included to just exserted.

Generally found in hilly country, often growing on sandstone or sometimes stony clays.

Can be grown by seedlings.