Tree to 10 m high, ± deciduous. Branchlets appressed pubescent. Leaves variable; lamina lanceolate, elliptic or obovate, 2.5–6 cm, rarely 8.5 cm long, 0.5–2.5 cm wide, contracted into petiole, obtuse or acute at apex, concolorous, appressed-pubescent to densely sericeous, often glabrescent; domatia small, inconspicuous; petiole 2–10 mm, rarely 15 mm long. Spike dense, usually longer than leaves. Flowers c. 4 mm diam., bisexual flowers 5–7 mm long, male flowers 3–4 mm long. Calyx pilose outside; lobes triangular, 1–2 mm long, 2 mm wide. Staminal filaments 3–4 mm long, glabrous. Disc villous. Style villous or a few fine hairs at base. Fruit a nut, 2–3 cm long, 1–1.8 cm wide, including the wing, often misshapen with horns and tubercles, pubescent. [The above description from the Flora of Australia Volume 18 treatment by Pedley (1990), requires revision since it included Terminalia bursarina F.Muell. and T. circumalata F.Muell. (as synonyms) which are now treated as a separate species following the Australian Plant Census (accessed 1 September 2021)-Editor.]
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A shrub or small tree. It often loses many of its leaves during the year. It grows up to 6-10 m tall. The bark is flaky and greyish brown. Branches often hang downwards. The young leaves, fruit and stems can have a silky covering. The leaves are arranged in spirals and are silvery. The leaves are leathery and sword shaped. They are 1-7 cm long by 0.3-3 cm wide. The flowers occur in a spike up to 8 cm long and are cream to green. The fruit is a nut. It is oval and with a distinct wing around the body. The nut can be 0.5-3.5 cm long and 0.3-1.7 cm wide. The wing can be 0.5 cm wide. It can have fine hairs and a bloom which will rub off.
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