Mallee to 2.5 m. Bark grey. Juvenile leaves opposite, subsessile, oblong-elliptic, concolorous. Adult leaves opposite or subopposite, lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, acuminate, broadly cuneate, coriaceous; lamina 9–15 cm long, 2–3.5 cm wide, green or yellow-green; lateral veins just visible, at 40°–50°; intramarginal vein up to 2 mm from margin; petiole flattened, 15–30 mm long. Umbels 7-flowered; peduncles flattened or angular, widening upwards, usually reflexed, 13–26 mm long; pedicels flattened, 5–8 mm long. Buds clavate or shortly fusiform; operculum conical to hemispherical, smooth or shallowly ribbed, 3–5 mm long, 7–9 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, prominently ribbed, 5–8 mm long, 8–10 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical or campanulate, 10–15 mm long, 12–16 mm wide; disc broad, level with rim or slightly convex; valves 3 or 4, level. Seeds angular, slightly winged, grey-black or brown-black.
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