Tree to 30 m. Bark grey gum type. Juvenile leaves broadly lanceolate. Adult leaves lanceolate; lamina 10–14 cm long, 1.8–2.6 cm wide, discolorous; lateral veins faint, at 50°–60°; intramarginal vein almost confluent with margin; petiole channelled, 15–25 mm long. Umbels 7-flowered; peduncles flattened, 8–16 mm long; pedicels 6–8 mm long. Buds rostrate; operculum rostrate, 8–14 mm long, 5–8 mm wide; hypanthium hemispherical or obconical, 3–6 mm long, 5–8 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical or ±campanulate, 7–12 mm long, 8–12 mm wide; disc narrow, ascending; valves 3 or 4, exserted. Seeds black.