Tree to 9 m, or straggly mallee to 5 m. Bark smooth throughout, bronze to grey. Juvenile leaves opposite, sessile, amplexicaul, orbicular to ovate, glaucous, concolorous, usually persisting on mature plants. Adult leaves rarely seen, alternate, lanceolate or oblong, apiculate; lamina 5–10 cm long, 1.2–1.9 cm wide, glaucous, concolorous; lateral veins faint, at 20°–35°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete, 10–18 mm long. Umbels 3-flowered; peduncle terete, 5–8 mm long; pedicels absent. Buds ovoid, glaucous; operculum conical, 2–3 mm long, 5–6 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, 5–6 mm long and wide. Fruits cylindrical to hemispherical, glaucous, 5–9 mm long, 6–10 mm wide; disc narrow, level; valves 3 or 4, level or slightly exserted.
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A small to medium sized tree. It grows 6-10 m high. It spreads 2-5 m wide. The trunk is smooth but crooked. The young leaves are round and silver. The flowers are white. They are in groups of 3 in the axils of leaves.
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