Tree to 24 m. Bark rough, fibrous, grey on trunk and larger branches, then smooth and grey or light brown above. Juvenile leaves opposite, sessile, amplexicaul, orbicular to cordate, glaucous, slightly discolorous. Adult leaves alternate, narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, acuminate; lamina 7.5–15 cm long, 0.7–1 cm wide, green or subglaucous, concolorous; lateral veins clearly visible at 35°–40°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete, 15–25 mm long. Umbels 7-flowered; peduncle terete or quadrangular, 7–10 mm long; pedicels 2–4 mm long. Buds ovoid, glaucous; operculum conical, 2–3 mm long, c. 4 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, 2–3 mm long, c. 4 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical to conical, sometimes glaucous, 4–5 mm long and wide; disc moderately broad, convex or ascending; valves 3 or 4, exserted.
Locally dominant, in grassy woodland on broad cold swampy flats. Lower hillsides and flats, mainly on granite derived soils, dominating woodland communities.
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Grows in poorly drained tableland areas,lower slopes and valleys, sometimes on flats, in heavy soils in woodland.
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