Mallee to 6 m. Bark smooth, grey-brown, with some fibrous bark at base. Juvenile leaves ovate, dark green. Adult leaves broadly lanceolate, acuminate, thick; lamina 10–16 cm long, 2–3 cm wide, blue-grey to glaucous; lateral veins faint, at 30°–45°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete or angular, 15–22 mm long. Umbels 7-flowered; peduncle thick, slightly flattened, 5–12 mm long; pedicels 1–2 mm long. Buds cylindrical-conical; operculum hemispherical to conical, ribbed, 4–7 mm long, 5–8 mm wide; hypanthium cylindrical or obconical, wrinkled or ribbed, 6–7 mm long, 5–8 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical or obconical, wrinkled or ribbed, 7–10 mm long, 7–9 mm wide; valves 4 or 5, level.
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