About Corymbia dallachiana (Benth.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson
Corymbia dallachiana is a tree that typically reaches a height of 15 meters (49 feet), and sometimes grows taller. It forms a lignotuber. Its bark is smooth, ranges in color from white to cream to pinkish, and is shed in thin patches. A short layer of rough grey bark sometimes remains at the base of the trunk. Young plants and coppice regrowth have leathery leaves that are elliptical when young, becoming egg-shaped to lance-shaped as they develop. These leaves are 100–260 mm (3.9–10.2 in) long, 35–150 mm (1.4–5.9 in) wide, and attached to stems by petioles. Adult leaves are the same shade of green on both sides, and are either lance-shaped or curved. They measure 93–270 mm (3.7–10.6 in) long and 9–34 mm (0.35–1.34 in) wide, tapering to a petiole that is 12–38 mm (0.47–1.50 in) long. Flower buds are arranged in leaf axils on a branched peduncle that can grow up to 3 mm (0.12 in) long. Each branch of the peduncle usually holds three buds, attached by pedicels 1–6 mm (0.04–0.24 in) long. Mature buds are pear-shaped, 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long and 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) wide, with a rounded operculum. Flowering has been recorded in November and December, and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody capsule that can be cup-shaped, cylindrical, or barrel-shaped. It is 9–13 mm (0.35–0.51 in) long and 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in) wide, with valves that stay enclosed inside the fruit or sit level with the fruit's rim. This species grows in grassy woodland on plains and creek levees. It occurs east of a line from Coen to Jericho, and ranges south from Bathurst Bay to Rockhampton and Emerald.
