Mallee to 6 m or small tree to 9 m. Bark rough, fibrous, grey or grey-brown on trunk and larger branches, then smooth and white-grey above. Juvenile leaves broadly lanceolate to lanceolate, slightly discolorous, green. Adult leaves lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, acute; petiole terete, 10–20 mm long. Pedicels absent or to 3 mm long. Fruits ovoid to suburceolate, subcylindrical or pyriform; valves 3 or 4.