Eucalyptus alba var. australasica Blakely & Jacobs

A small to medium-sized deciduous tree of up to 26 m tall, bole often of poor form, up to 60 cm in diameter, bark smooth, with pink-red to whitish patches. Juvenile leaves alternate, ovate to suborbicular, green, discolorous, adult leaves alternate, narrow to broadly lanceolate or ovate, 7-21 cm x 2-5 cm, acuminate, green, concolourous, petiole 10-33 mm long. Inflorescence axillary, solitary, 7-flowered; flower buds globular to ovoid, operculum hemispherical, 3-5 mm x 4-7 mm. Fruit hemispherical to obconical, 4-7 mm x 5-8 mm, with 3 or 4 exserted valves.

E. alba grows on flat and undulating country, often near the coast or near watercourses, on heavy soil in woodland and open forest. Almost all species of Eucalyptus are adapted to a monsoon climate. Many species can even survive a severe dry season, e.g. the cultivated species E. alba, E. camaldulensis, and E. citriodora.

Timor, Papua New Guinea and widespread in northern Australia. Planted elsewhere in Malesia and mainland South-East Asia.

Fuel: As fuelwood. Timber: The wood is used for heavy-duty construction, as mine timber, for boat building, furniture, handles, sporting goods, agricultural implements, joinery, railway sleepers, poles and carvings.