Corymbia serendipita is a tree that typically grows to a height of 12 m (39 ft) and forms a lignotuber.

[2] This bloodwood was first formally described in 1994 by Ian Brooker and David Kleinig and given the name Eucalyptus serendipita.

The description was published in their book Field Guide to Eucalypts, Volume 3, from specimens they collected near Forsayth in 1992.

[4] Corymbia serendipita grows in thin sandy soil on sandstone hills on the ranges between Georgetown, Einasleigh and Forsayth and south to the White Mountains.

[2] This species is listed as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992[5]