Mallee to 6 m. Bark smooth, white throughout. Juvenile leaves oblong or elliptic, shining, green. Adult leaves lanceolate, acuminate or mucronate, leathery; lamina 15–18 cm long, 2–4 cm wide, shining green; lateral veins just visible, at 20°–40°; intramarginal vein up to 2 mm from margin; petiole flattened, 15–25 mm long. Umbels 7–11-flowered; peduncle flattened, broad, 10–25 mm long; pedicels flattened, 4–8 mm long. Buds fusiform, sometimes glaucous; operculum conical, ribbed, 4–6 mm long and wide; hypanthium conical, ribbed, 5–7 mm long, 4–6 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical, ribbed, 10–13 mm long, 7–10 mm wide; disc flat or convex; valves 5, included. Seeds black.
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