Eucalyptus obliqua L'Hér.

Large tree; bark persistent and fibrous on the trunk to the top and usually on branches. Juvenile lvs opposite for a few pairs, petiolate; base oblique. Petiole of intermediate and adult lvs 1–2.3 cm long; lamina of intermediate and adult lvs 7–18 × 1.5–8 cm, lanceolate, often falcate, concolorous, coriaceous, with lateral veins diverging from midrib at 30–45°; base very oblique; apex ± acuminate. Umbels axillary, of 7 or more fls; peduncles 3–15 mm long, usually markedly angular; pedicels short. Buds c. 7 mm long, ± clavate, green; operculum hemispheric, slightly < hypanthium. Stamens white; anthers reniform. Fr. pedicellate, 7–8 mm diam., almost pyriform, almost urceolate or barrel-shaped; valves 3–4, deeply included; disc broad, sloping obliquely inward.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Nov.–Apr.