Mallee to 3 m. Bark mottled grey, glandular. Juvenile leaves opposite or subopposite, shortly petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, concolorous. Adult leaves alternate or subopposite, lanceolate, apiculate, coriaceous; lamina 5–10 cm long, 1–2.5 cm wide, grey-green; lateral veins faint, at 40°–45°; intramarginal vein faint, up to 1 mm from margin; petiole flattened, 8–15 mm long. Umbels 7–11-flowered; peduncle flattened, 10–25 mm long; pedicels flattened or angular, 5–10 mm long. Buds ovoid or fusiform; operculum conical, smooth, 4–7 mm long, 4–5 mm wide; hypanthium obconical or hemispherical, ribbed, 6–7 mm long, 4–5 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical or subglobular, rugose, ribbed, 8–15 mm long, 9–14 mm wide; disc broad, red-brown, slightly convex to flat; valves 3, included. Seeds pyramidal, brown-black.
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