What is this tree?

[JessieMcJessie]

There is a grove of them in our local park and my toddler loves running through them. Just curious. I tried the Woodlwna Trust tree finder and it said Eucalyptus but the leaves in their pic look paler green and less bumpy. (That’s not my tree! It’s leaves are too bumpy! )

Its not it’s bloody autocorrect.

It looks like a type of Verbinum shrub.

Definitely not Eucalyptus

Agree with Viburnum. Possibly V rhytidophyllum, do the leaves hang down?

Might it be Buddleja globosa?

Possibly, but I think the veins on B globosa are less straight, more mosaic pattern, and the Budd leaves are more pointed

also agree with Viburnum, such as V.pragense

Thanks everyone. It dodn’t occur to me it might be a shrub not a tree (not really a gardener...) but that makes sense as there is not one single trunk. Yes, the leaves do hang down. I’ll google some of those names now.

Yes could be V pragense, which has V rhytidophyllum as one of its parents

Viburnum rhytidophyllum

Yes, I think that one is known as “leather leaf”? It looks spot on. Thanks!

Does it flower?

Yes viburnum. That fuzzy stuff on new growth is quite allergenic.