Mallee, sometimes a tree, to 6 m. Bark rough, fibrous, grey or grey-brown on lower trunk, then smooth, grey above. Juvenile leaves not seen. Adult leaves lanceolate to broadly lanceolate or ovate, acute; lamina 5–12 cm long, 1.5–3.5 cm wide, shining, green; lateral veins prominent, at 25°–40°; intramarginal vein up to 4 mm from margin; petiole terete, 15–25 mm long. Conflorescence terminal, paniculate, sometimes axillary, simple; umbels 7-flowered; peduncle terete, 6–11 mm long; pedicels 2–3 mm long. Buds ovoid to clavate; operculum hemispherical to conical, 2–3 mm long, 3–4 mm wide; hypanthium obovoid, 3–4 mm long and wide. Fruits hemispherical to subglobular, 4–5 mm long, 4–6 mm wide; disc broad, descending; valves 4–6, level or included.
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