Eucalyptus moluccana Roxb.

Tree to 30 m. Bark rough, fibrous, grey on half trunk or sometimes more, then smooth, sometimes shining, grey or white above and deciduous in hanging ribbons. Juvenile leaves ovate, sometimes suborbicular, green. Adult leaves broadly lanceolate to lanceolate, acuminate; lamina 8.5–14 cm long, 2–3.3 cm wide, shining, green; lateral veins at 25°–40°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete to slightly flattened, 15–25 mm long. Peduncle terete or angular, 5–13 mm long; pedicels 1–7 mm long. Buds fusiform; operculum conical, 3–5 mm long, 3–4 mm wide, hypanthium obconical, 3–4 mm long and wide. Fruits ovoid to suburceolate, often ribbed, 5–9 mm long, 4–6 mm wide.

Open woodland, often forming pure stands, usually near the coast and usually on heavy soils, often slightly saline; at elevations up to 500 metres.

Can be grown by seedlings.