Usually with a short stocking of dark, peristent bark at the base.
Koala food tree. Important pollen source for bees. Flowers and fruit attract birds.
The coreid, Amblypelta cocophaga, has been associated with trees suffering dieback.
Hollow branches provide nest sites for wild life.
At dusk, Lorikeets mass in hundreds in the largest trees. The noise and droppings drove The Gap Village to trim the ones out the back of the Coffee Club. The lorikeets moved across the road and into Walton Bridge Reserve.

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Bark
Heavy wood is hard, durable, and strong but difficult to work. It is used for fuel, pulp, pilings, fiberboard, and construction, crossties and fenceposts.
Leaves contain 0.48–0.66% essential oil, 0–10.4% of which is cineol. The bark and kino contain tannin.

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Flowers and foliage

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Flowers closeup

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