Eucalyptus dumosa A.Cunn. ex Oxley

Mallee to 8 m, or rarely a tree to 13 m. Bark smooth, white or yellow-white with c. 1 m of rough flaky bark at base. Juvenile leaves ovate, grey-green. Adult leaves lanceolate, uncinate, thick; lamina 7–10 cm long, 1–2 cm wide, dull, yellow-green to grey-green; lateral veins faint, at 30°–40°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete, 10–15 mm long. Umbels 7-flowered; peduncle slightly flattened or angular, 10–16 mm long; pedicels 1–3 mm long. Buds cylindrical; operculum conical or slightly rostrate, striate, 2–4 mm long, 4–5 mm wide; hypanthium cylindrical or suburceolate, 3–5 mm long, 4–5 mm wide. Fruits campanulate or cylindrical, often striate, 7–10 mm long, 5–7 mm wide; valves usually 4, level or slightly exserted.

It grows in warm temperate regions. It can grow in the subtropics. It suits semiarid locations. It needs well drained soils. It can grow in full sun or light shade and can stand light frosts.

A sweet exudate from the leaves called manna or lerp due to an insect is eaten. The bark and root is powdered and eaten.

Can be grown by seedlings.