Propagation
Surface sow fresh seed during early spring in a well-drained media, and maintain a temperature of 16ş to 18ş C. (61ş to 64ş F). Prick out and pot up when they are large enough to handle. Grow in pots for one season before planting out.

General pruning information
Eucalyptusspecies require little pruning apart from removal of damaged or dead wood, which should be taken off at the collar. If the tree is cut back hard it will produce epicormic shoots and the crown may be lifted or thinned by removal of selected branches.


Botanic information
Leaf: The discolorous adult leaves are narrow ovate to broad-lanceolate up to 40 mm (1? in) wide and often falcate with an acuminate apex that may be hooked at the tip. The dark green juvenile leaves are ovate up to 230 mm (9 in) long by 60 mm (2? in)wide and the intermediate dark green leaves are broadly lanceolate and similar in size to adult leaves.

Flower: The flower buds are up to 17 mm (? in) long with an obconical hypanthium and a narrow conical operculum is up to 9 mm (? in)long. There are 7-11 flowers are arranged in an axillary cluster on short pedestals and appear predominantly during spring.

Fruit: The globular to ovoid woody capsule is up to 15 mm (? in) wide with the disk level to slightly descending and the 3-valves are slightly enclosed or level. The capsule has a short pedestal and persists on the tree for some time.


Note
It is also an important hardwood that is dark red to reddish-brown and is termite resistant and durable. The timber is used in heavy construction such as building bridges or wharfs and in housing construction for beams and flooring. The demand for timber and the susceptibility to die back is reducing population although currently its conservation status is 'Not threatened'.