Persoonia arborea

Large shrub or small tree to c. 10 m high; young branches densely hairy. Leaves alternate, oblanceolate, 3–10 cm long, 10–16 mm wide, flat, bright green when young, darker on ageing, smooth, minutely pubescent, particularly on undersurface. Flowers solitary in axils of leaves or scale-leaves; pedicels to c. 5 mm long, hairy. Tepals 16–20 mm long, caudate, silky, terminal spine 1–2 mm long; anthers white; ovary glabrous. Drupe ovoid, to c. 14 mm long, c. 12 mm wide, yellow-green. Flowers summer.