Twig, bud, petiole, stipules outside, midrib beneath and raceme densely shortly persistently buff tomentose, slightly scabrid; leaf evenly densely ocherous tomentose beneath. Twig c. 1.5 mm ø apically, slender, smooth. Bud 1.5-2 by 1.5 mm, small. Stipules to 8 mm long, narrowly deltoid, fugaceous. Leaves 8-12 by 3-4.5 cm, oblong-lanceolate; margin prominently revolute; base broadly cuneate or obtuse; acumen 2.5-7.5 mm long; nerves 10-12 pairs, indistinct, the intramarginal nerve comparatively straight and just within the margin; petiole 1.5-2 cm long. Panicle to 15 cm long; to 3-axillary, rarely terminal, terete or ribbed, irregularly doubly branched; bracteoles to 8 by 5 mm, elliptic, obtuse, shortly buff pubescent. Flower bud to 10 by 4 mm, ovoid-lanceolate, acute. 2 calyx lobes long, linear, obtuse; 3 short, lanceolate, acute; densely buff tomentose outside, more sparsely within. Corolla cream; petals large, narrowly oblong, obtuse, glabrous. Stamens 15, the inner 5 slightly longer than the others; filaments short, broad at base, strongly tapering; anthers narrowly oblong, reaching half length of style, with sparsely setose lateral margins; appendage to connective 1/4 as long as anther, slender. Ovary subglobose, densely tomentose; style slender, 3-4 times as long as ovary, shortly pubescent but for the glabrous apical 1/4. Fruit calyx as in C. melanoxylon but base more densely tomentose, longer lobes c. 1.5 cm broad, persistently shortly sparsely tomentose; 3 shorter lobes to 1.2 cm long, linear, shortly sparsely tomentose on both surfaces. Nut as in other species.
A main canopy tree of dry acid soils, especially on coastal hills, it is locally common on giant podsols, on raised beaches, rare on sandstone cuestas, near present and Pleistocene coastlines.
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Locally common on giant podsols, on raised beaches, rare on sandstone cuestas, near present and Pleistocene coastlines.
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