Mallee or small tree to 5 m. Bark smooth throughout, grey. Juvenile leaves broadly ovate, green, slightly discolorous. Adult leaves narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, acuminate, thick; lamina 8–15 cm long, 1–2 cm wide, dull, grey-green or yellow-green; lateral veins at 30°–45°; intramarginal vein up to 2 mm from margin; petiole slightly flattened, 15–20 mm long. Umbels 3–7-flowered; peduncle terete, 5–9 mm long; pedicels absent or to 3 mm long. Buds ovoid; operculum conical or hemispherical, 5–6 mm long and wide; hypanthium hemispherical, 3–4 mm long, 5–6 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical, obconical or ovoid, 5–8 mm long, 6–9 mm wide; disc broad, level or ascending; valves 3 or 4. Seeds brown-black.
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