Mallee to 6 m. Bark smooth throughout, white, grey or grey-brown. Juvenile leaves ovate, slightly glaucous. Adult leaves lanceolate, acuminate, oblique, thick; lamina 7.5–10 cm long, 0.7–1 cm wide, dull, green; lateral veins faint, at c. 15°; intramarginal vein up to 3 mm from margin; petiole flattened or channelled, 10–18 mm long. Umbels 7–15-flowered; peduncle flattened, 10–15 mm long; pedicels 4–6 mm long. Operculum hemispherical, apiculate, 1–2 mm long, 3–5 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, 3–4 mm long, 3–5 mm wide. Fruits pyriform, 7–9 mm long, 5–7 mm wide; disc level or convex; valves 4, included. Seeds brown-black.
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