Erect single-stemmed bushy shrub or small tree, 2.4-4.5 m tall, non-sprouting. Branchlets glabrescent or sparsely pale (rarely dark) appressed-pubescent at flowering. Leaves narrowly elliptic to almost linear, rarely narrowly obovate, sometimes falcate, 3.9-13 cm long, 5-14.5 mm wide, narrowly cuneate at base, entire, acute to acuminate; longitudinal veins 3 above and below, usually more prominent below; secondary veins reticulate, conspicuous or obscure. Inflorescence solitary with 20-38 flowers; pedicels appressed-pubescent with white and (rarely) ferruginous hairs. Perianth cream-white. Pistil 4-6.5 mm long; gland present. Fruit obliquely elliptic, slightly curved, 2.5-3.5 cm long, 1.7-2.3 cm wide, not beaked, apiculate. Seed obliquely obovate to obliquely elliptic, 18-23 mm long; wing extending down adaxial side of body only, notched.
Usually grows on sandstone in sclerophyll forest, on slopes, ridges and along watercourses, frequently in deeper soil.