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*''Eucalyptus leucadendron'' Reinw. ex de Vriese (1856).

*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 .*Juvenile leaves alternate, ovate to suborbicular, green, discolorous, adult leaves alternate, narrow to broadly lanceolate or ovate, 7-21 cm × 2-5 cm, acuminate, green, concolourous, petiole 10-33 mm long; inflorescence .*Inflorescence axillary, solitary, 7-flowered; flower .*Flower buds globular to ovoid, operculum hemispherical, 3-5 mm × 4-7 mm; fruit .*Fruit hemispherical to obconical, 4-7 mm × 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 from sea-level to 700 m altitude. The density of the wood is 900-1010 kg/m³at 12% moisture content. See also the table on wood properties.