Tree or mallee to 12 m. Bark rough, subfibrous, longitudinally fissured, dark grey, persistent to small branches. Juvenile leaves broadly lanceolate to ovate, green. Adult leaves narrowly to broadly lanceolate, acuminate, thick; lamina 9–15 cm long, 1.8–3.2 cm wide, grey-green; lateral veins just visible, at 35°–45°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete, 15–30 mm long. Umbels 7–11-flowered; peduncle terete or angular, 10–15 mm long; pedicels 2–5 mm long. Buds cylindrical or conical-cylindrical; operculum hemispherical, rostrate, striate or ribbed, 4–7 mm long, 5–7 mm wide; hypanthium cylindrical, 5–7 mm long and wide. Fruits cylindrical, hemispherical or subovoid, 7–12 mm long, 6–8 mm wide; valves 4 or 5, level or slightly exserted.
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