Source: Brooker, M.I.H & Kleinig, D.A. 1999, Field Guide to Eucalypts,South-eastern Australia, Vol. 1, Second Edition.
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database], National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov
Eucalyptus propinqua
Eucalyptus propinqua H. Deane & Maiden
Family: Myrtaceae, Subfamily: Myrtoideae, Tribe: Eucalypteae,
Genus: Eucalyptus, Subgenus: Symphyomyrtus, Section: Latoangulatae,
Series: Lepidotae-Fimbriatae,
Common Name: Grey gum, Small-fruited grey gum
Distribution: New South Wales, Queensland
General Information: Tree to around 40m
Bark: Smooth, orange, coppery, with grey, shedding in strips.
Leaves: Adult leaves alternate, petiolate, lanceolate to falcate,oil glands island and intersectional, dense reticulation.
Inflorescences: Auxillary unbranched, buds 7-15, clavate to ovoid. Flowering period January, February, April
Fruit: Sessile or pedicellate, hemispherical, valves 3-4 exserted, disc slightly raised or level.
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