It has rough, chunky, tessellated bark on the trunk and branches, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, creamy white flowers and urn-shaped to barrel-shaped fruit.

Corymbia plena is a tree that typically grows to a height of 15 m (49 ft) and forms a lignotuber.

[3][4] The specific epithet (plena) is from the Latin plenus meaning "full" or "stout", referring to the relatively large fruit.

[3] This bloodwood mostly grows in deep sandy or lateritic soil and is widespread and locally abundant between Pentland, Hughenden, Barcaldine and Tambo.

[3] This species is listed as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.