Mallee to 5 m. Bark smooth, white to light grey throughout. Juvenile leaves lanceolate, blue-green. Adult leaves lanceolate, acuminate, symmetrical or slightly oblique, thick; lamina 7–11 cm long, 1.5–2.5 cm wide, grey-green; lateral veins distinct, almost parallel to midrib; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole thick, flattened or channelled, 8–12 mm long. Umbels 7–11-flowered; peduncle absent, or terete, up to 10 mm long; pedicels absent or up to 2 mm long. Buds clavate; operculum hemispherical or conical, 2–3 mm long, c. 4 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, 5–6 mm long, c. 4 mm wide. Fruits truncate-pyriform, sometimes wrinkled, 6–8 mm long and wide; disc level or convex; valves 3, just included. Seeds black.
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