Tree or mallee to 14 m. Bark rough, fibrous, dark grey on trunk for 3–10 m, then smooth, grey to pink-grey above, deciduous in long ribbons. Juvenile leaves not seen. Adult leaves lanceolate, acute to acuminate; lamina 7–12 cm long, 2–2.5 cm wide, shining, dark green; lateral veins usually distinct, at 30°–40°; intramarginal vein up to 2 mm from margin; petiole terete, 15–25 mm long. Peduncle angular, 13–18 mm long; pedicels 3–7 mm long. Buds obconical; operculum conical, 2–4 mm long, 4–5 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, 3–5 mm long, 4–5 mm wide. Fruits obconical to obovoid or hemispherical, 5–8 mm long, 6–7 mm wide; valves 4 or 5.
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