Umbels 4–6-flowered; peduncles stout, 0·5–1 cm. long; buds 0·5 x 0·5 cm., clavate to globular-ovoid, pedicellate; operculum thick, hemispherical, 1/2 the length of the receptacle-tube.
Inflorescence a broad, terminal, many-flowered panicle, sometimes longer than the leaves; branches robust.
Bark dark brown, flaky-fibrous, persistent throughout, of the stringybark type.
Fruit 0·9 x 1 cm., hemispherical; valves shortly exserted.
Leaves up to 12 x 3 cm., lanceolate, acuminate.
Medium-sized tree.