Mallee to 9 m. Bark smooth throughout, creamy grey to grey. Juvenile leaves elliptic to ovate. Adult leaves lanceolate, acuminate; lamina 6–10 cm long, 1.2–2 cm wide, grey-green; lateral veins faint, at 25°–35°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete, 6–15 mm long. Umbels 7-flowered; peduncle flattened, dilating upwards, 10–18 mm long; pedicels absent or to 5 mm long. Buds clavate; operculum hemispherical, sometimes apiculate, usually ribbed, 3–5 mm long, 4–5 mm wide; hypanthium hemispherical, ribbed, 4–6 mm long, 5–7 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical or obconical, 8–15 mm long, 6–10 mm wide, wrinkled, ribbed or angled; disc descending, moderately broad, valves 3 or 4, exserted.
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