Eucalyptus cloeziana, Gympie Messmate, is a small to tall tree

Tree

A tree is a perennial woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical dominance. A minimum height specification at maturity is cited by some authors, varying from 3 m to...

 with rough bark on most or the whole of the trunk and larger branches. The bark

Bark

Bark is the outermost layers of stems and roots of woody plants. Plants with bark include trees, woody vines and shrubs. Bark refers to all the tissues outside of the vascular cambium and is a nontechnical term. It overlays the wood and consists of the inner bark and the outer bark. The inner...

 is soft, flaky, tessellated, light brown or yellow-brown, where smooth, greyish white or yellowish above.

Leaves

Leaves

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 are stalked, lanceolate or curved, discolorous, to 13 x 3 cm, slightly glossy green. White flowers appear in early to late summer.
E. cloeziana has a widespread but scattered distribution in Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

, particularly from east of Tambo

Tambo, Queensland

Tambo is a town located in central western Queensland, Australia, on the banks of the Barcoo River. Tambo is southeast of the town of Blackall via the Landsborough Highway, and approximately north west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Tambo had a population of 345.The town was...

 to Mundubbera and Gympie

Gympie

Gympie may refer to:* Gympie, a city in Queensland, Australia** Gympie Airport** Electoral district of Gympie** Gympie Region, its local government authority* Gympie Gympie , a stinging plant...

, and from west of Townsville to north-west of Cooktown

Cooktown, Queensland

Cooktown is a small town located at the mouth of the Endeavour River, on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland where James Cook beached his ship, the Endeavour, for repairs in 1770. At the 2006 census, Cooktown had a population of 1,336...

 with isolated occurrences in between.

The tree reaches its best development in the Gympie

Gympie

Gympie may refer to:* Gympie, a city in Queensland, Australia** Gympie Airport** Electoral district of Gympie** Gympie Region, its local government authority* Gympie Gympie , a stinging plant...

region, where some magnificent forest trees attain heights near 60 metres. in other places it can be a poorly formed tree of only 10–15 metres. The flaky bark can be confused with the yellow bloodwoods, to which it is not related.