Tree to 14 m, though usually to 10 m, sometimes mallee-like. Bark rough, fibrous throughout, grey. Juvenile leaves not seen. Adult leaves narrowly to broadly lanceolate, acute; lamina 8–14 cm long, 0.7–3.5 cm wide, light green or grey-green; lateral veins at 40°–55°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete, 5–13 mm long. Umbels 3–7-flowered; peduncle terete, 5–10 mm long; pedicels 3–5 mm long. Buds turbinate or pyriform, glaucous; operculum conical, 2–3 mm long, 3–4 mm wide; hypanthium obconical or campanulate, 2–4 mm long, 3–4 mm wide. Fruits turbinate or obconical, 5–8 mm long, 4–6 mm wide; disc narrow, level; valves 3 or 4, level or exserted.
Grows on plains anddrainage areas, mostly in heavy soil but sometimes in sandy soil, in dry openwoodland.
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