Corymbia gummifera, commonly known as red bloodwood,[2] is a species of tree, rarely a mallee, that is endemic to eastern Australia.

Corymbia gummifera is a tree that typically grows to a height of 20–35 m (66–115 ft), rarely a mallee, and forms a lignotuber.

[2][4][5][6] The red bloodwood was first formally described in 1788 by Joseph Gaertner, who gave it the name Metrosideros gummifera and published the description in his book De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum.

)[6][7][8] The name Eucalyptus corymbosa, published by James Edward Smith in his 1795 A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland,[9] is regarded as a synonym by the Australian Plant Census.

[6][17] Corymbia gummifera mainly occurs on flats and low hills along the coast between the extreme eastern corner of Victoria and south-eastern Queensland.