Eucalyptus propinqua Deane & Maiden

Tree to 40 m. Bark grey gum type. Juvenile leaves lanceolate to broadly lanceolate. Adult leaves lanceolate, sometimes falcate; lamina 8–14 cm long, 1.2–2.7 cm wide; lateral veins just visible, at 45°–55°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole channelled, 10–15 mm long. Umbels 7–15-flowered; peduncle flattened, 5–15 mm long; pedicels angular, 2–5 mm long. Buds ovoid or clavate; operculum hemispherical or conical, 2–3 mm long, 3–4 mm wide; hypanthium hemispherical, 2–3 mm long, 3–4 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical or obconical, 2–5 mm long, 3–6 mm wide; disc moderately broad, level or ascending; valves 3 or 4, exserted. Seeds brown.

Locally frequent, in wet coastal forest on soils of low to medium fertility; at elevations up to 350 metres.

Can be grown by seedlings.