Shrub or small tree to c. 5 m high; buds and young branches rusty-hairy. Leaves sessile to shortly petiolate, linear, narrowly oblong or lanceolate, 5–20 cm long, 5–20 mm wide, dull green, lower surface paler, venation inconspicuous, surfaces virtually glabrous; apex acute; margins entire or coarsely toothed. Inflorescence an axillary raceme or panicle, 5–10 cm long, mostly shorter than leaves; pedicels c. 7 mm long. Tepals 8–10 mm long, white or cream, virtually glabrous. Follicle 20–30 mm long, leathery, blackish; seeds c. 10 per follicle, to c. 17 mm long including wing. Flowers Dec.–Feb