It is a small to medium-sized tree with rough stringy bark, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, Flower buds in groups of between nine and fifteen, white flowers and hemispherical fruit.Eucalyptus eugenioides is a tree that typically grows to a height of 25–30 m (82–98 ft) and forms a lignotuber.

Its trunk is 70 cm (28 in) wide at chest height and has rough, stringy, grey to reddish bark.

[2][5] The term "stringybark" refers to the long, thin bark fibres that can be pulled off the tree trunk in strings.

[5][3] It is a common tree of shale- and slate-derived, moderately fertile soils in lowlands and low hills.

[13] In New South Wales, it is also known as "good kind stringybark" by beekeepers as the bees feeding on it are healthy and produce honey with a well-balanced amino-acid profile.