Description:  A tall tree to 120' (40 m) forming a lignotuber.  The bark is rough to small branches, stringy, crumbly, corky, fissured. Adult leaves are lanceolate, dull green. Endemic to Western Australia. E. patens is found from north-east of Perth on the Toodjay road, south and south-east to west of Albany on moist loamy sites in the valleys and sometimes on the lowlands, less often on low hills. TOLERANT OF FLOODING

Culture: Sun, well drained acid pH soil.

Uses: Ornamental for smaller landscapes