Tree to 45 m, or mallee to 12 m. Bark rough, fibrous, dark grey on lower trunk of larger trees, then smooth and green-grey above, or more or less smooth throughout on smaller trees and mallees. Juvenile leaves opposite, sessile, orbicular, amplexicaul, emarginate, slightly glaucous, concolorous. Adult leaves alternate, lanceolate, acute; lamina 6–13 cm long, 1.2–2 cm wide, dull, green or grey-green, concolorous; lateral veins just visible, at 35°–40°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete, 15–25 mm long. Umbels 3-flowered; peduncle terete, 2–6 mm long; pedicels absent or obscured. Buds cylindrical, glaucous or shiny; operculum conical or slightly rostrate, 2–3 mm long, 3–4 mm wide; hypanthium cylindrical, 3–4 mm long and wide. Fruits cylindrical to slightly ovoid, often glaucous, 6–12 mm long, 6–10 mm wide; disc narrow, level or convex to descending; valves 3 or 4, just included.
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