Tree or mallee to 8 m; trunk spirally fluted. Bark copper-brown or red-brown, shining. Juvenile leaves lanceolate, green. Adult leaves narrowly lanceolate, uncinate; lamina 6–9 cm long, 0.8–1.5 cm wide, shining, green; lateral veins faint, at 30°–45°; intramarginal vein less than 1 mm from margin; petiole 6–12 mm long. Peduncle absent; pedicels absent. Buds conical; operculum conical, slightly laterally compressed, 6–7 mm long, 6–9 mm wide; hypanthium hemispherical, 2-winged, 4–8 mm long, 8–10 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical, 2-winged, 7–10 mm long, 10–15 mm wide; disc narrow, obliquely descending.