Eucalyptus smithii R.T.Baker

Tree to 45 m. Bark rough, fibrous, grey or brown on most of trunk, then smooth and white or cream above. Juvenile leaves opposite, sessile, lanceolate, amplexicaul, green, discolorous, stems sometimes glaucous. Adult leaves alternate, narrowly lanceolate, acuminate; lamina 10–18 cm long, 0.7–1.5 cm wide, green, concolorous; lateral veins faint or distinct, at 20°–40°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole slightly flattened or terete, 7–20 mm long. Umbels 7-flowered; peduncles angular or flattened, 5–12 mm long; pedicels 2–6 mm long. Buds ovoid, clavate or fusiform; operculum conical, 2–4 mm long, 3–4 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, 2–3 mm long, 3–4 mm wide. Fruits ovoid or subglobular, 6–7 mm long, 3–4 mm wide; disc broad, ascending; valves 3 or 4, exserted.

Grows on lower slopes, near watercourses andswamps and sometimes on scarps and ridges, in clay-loam and sandy loam in tallopen forest.

It is the source of an essential oil used to flavour candies, baked goods and ice cream.

Can be grown by seedlings.