About Eucalyptus propinqua H.Deane & Maiden
Eucalyptus propinqua, commonly known as grey gum, is a tree that typically grows up to 40 meters (130 feet) tall and forms a lignotuber. It has smooth mottled bark in shades of grey, cream, and yellowish that is shed in strips. Young plants and coppice regrowth have square cross-section stems and petiolate leaves that are paler on the lower surface, measuring 40–75 mm (1.6–3.0 in) long and 10–22 mm (0.39–0.87 in) wide. Adult leaves are also paler green on the lower side, are lance-shaped to curved, 60–170 mm (2.4–6.7 in) long, 15–25 mm (0.59–0.98 in) wide, and taper to a 10–22 mm (0.39–0.87 in) long petiole. Flower buds are mostly arranged in groups of seven to fifteen in leaf axils, on an unbranched 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) long peduncle, with individual buds on 1–5 mm (0.039–0.197 in) long pedicels. Mature buds are club-shaped to oval, 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long and about 3 mm (0.12 in) wide, with a conical to rounded or beaked operculum. Flowering takes place from January to April, and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody conical or hemispherical capsule, 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) long and 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) wide, with strongly protruding valves. This species grows in open forest on low hills and ridges in coastal and near-coastal areas between Gympie in Queensland and the Hawkesbury River in New South Wales.
