Eucalyptus propinqua

Eucalyptus propinqua, the grey gum or small-fruited grey gum, is a tall evergreen tree of the Myrtaceae endemic to the wet sclerophyll forests of coastal eastern Australia, from southeastern Queensland through northeastern New South Wales. Mature trees reach 30–45 m with a straight, single bole and smooth, deciduous bark that sheds in irregular plates leaving a mottled grey-orange surface that is often slightly powdery. Juvenile leaves are opposite, ovate, and dull green; adult leaves are alternate, narrowly lanceolate, falcate, 8–15 cm long and 1.5–2.5 cm wide, glossy green on both surfaces, with conspicuous reticulate venation and oil glands. Inflorescences are simple axillary umbels of 7 (rarely 11) buds; buds are clavate to fusiform, 5–8 mm long, with a conical to rostrate operculum. Flowers are cream-white with numerous stamens. Fruits are small hemispherical to truncate-globose woody capsules 4–6 mm in diameter with strongly exserted disc and 3–4 valves. Flowering is January–April.