Eucalyptus microcorys

Eucalyptus microcorys, tallowwood or tallowood, is a Eucalypt species native to and common in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. It grows in forests near the coast on moderate to fertile soils in a protected, sunny position. Tallowwood is drought and frost tender. Tallowwood is a medium to tall evergreen tree growing to 40 metres, and occasionally to 70 m, with rough, stringy or fibrous, red-brown, orange or brown-grey bark throughout. It has long and narrow adult leaves of lanceolate, ovate or slightly falcate shape, 6 to 15 centimetres (2.4 to 5.9 in) long by 1.5 to 3.5 centimetres (0.59 to 1.38 in) wide, glossy green on the upper surface and dull green beneath, and with prominent, well-spaced side veins having an angle greater than 45° to the leaf mid-rib. Its white to lemon coloured flowers are usually located at the ends of the branchlets in groups of 7 to 11 buds per umbel. The mature buds are small, club-shaped, and 0.3 to 0.6 centimetres (0.12 to 0.24 in) long by 0.2 to 0.3 centimetres (0.079 to 0.118 in) wide. The fruit ('gum-nuts') are obconical (inverted cone) in shape, 0.5 to 0.9 centimetres (0.20 to 0.35 in) long by 0.4 to 0.6 centimetres (0.16 to 0.24 in) wide, with 3 or 4 valves near the level of, or slightly raised above, the open-end rim.