Eucalyptus patens Benth.

Tree to 45 m. Bark grey to grey-brown. Juvenile leaves ovate, acuminate. Adult leaves narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, sometimes falcate, acuminate; lamina 10–16 cm long, 1.2–3 cm wide, dull, green; lateral veins just visible, at 40°–50°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole flat or channelled, 10–20 mm long. Umbels 7–11-flowered; peduncle angular, 10–20 mm long; pedicels 1–4 mm long. Buds clavate; operculum hemispherical-conical, 5–6 mm long, 6–7 mm wide; hypanthium campanulate, 5–7 mm long, 6–7 mm wide. Fruits globular to ovoid, 9–14 mm long, 9–12 mm wide; disc descending; valves 3–5, included. Seeds usually D-shaped.

Mainly found in valleys and depressions, but also in hilly country; at elevations up to 300 metres.

Can be grown by seedlings.