It has rough, fibrous or flaky bark on the trunk and branches, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and conical fruit.

Eucalyptus quadrangulata is a tree that typically grows to a height of 45–50 m (148–164 ft) and forms a lignotuber.

It has rough, greyish brown, fibrous or flaky bark on the trunk and branches.

[2][3][4][5] Eucalyptus quadrangulata was first formally described in 1899 by Henry Deane and Joseph Maiden in Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.

[6][7] White-topped box grows in the slopes and edges on the eastern side of the Northern and Central Tablelands in New South Wales, between Dorrigo and Scone in the north to Bundanoon and Milton in the south.