Mallee to 4 m; trunk not fluted. Bark fibrous, grey on stems, smooth, grey or pink-grey on smaller branches. Juvenile leaves ovate-lanceolate, green. Adult leaves narrowly lanceolate, uncinate, thick; lamina 5–10 cm long, 0.6–1.5 cm wide, green; lateral veins faint, at 25°–35°; intramarginal vein confluent or almost so with margin; petiole 7–10 mm long. Peduncle 3–10 mm long; pedicels 1–3 mm long. Buds ovoid; operculum conical, 3–5 mm long, 3–4 mm wide; hypanthium hemispherical or obconical, 3 mm long, 3–4 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical or obconical, 5–7 mm long, 5–6 mm wide; disc narrow, descending.
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