Eucalyptus microcarpa Maiden

Tree to 25 m. Bark rough, fibrous on trunk and larger branches, grey, tessellated, then smooth and white above. Juvenile leaves ovate, green. Adult leaves lanceolate, acuminate; lamina 8–15 cm long, 1–2 cm wide, green; lateral veins faint or clearly visible, at 20°–30°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete, 10–15 mm long. Peduncle angular, 3–10 mm long; pedicels 1–5 mm long, occasionally absent. Buds fusiform; operculum conical, 2–3 mm long, 2–4 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, 3–4 mm long, 2–4 mm wide. Fruits ovoid to cylindrical, not ribbed, 3–7 mm long, 3–5 mm wide.

Found on gentle slopes and plains, and in drier areas it can also be found in dry stream beds and banks; at elevations from 80-400 metres.

Can be grown by seedlings.