A densely branched, dark, evergreen tree to about 30 m tall. New growth pink. Leaves in fan-like sprays, dark and glossy above, paler below, about 1.5 cm long, 1-1.5 cm wide, margins shallowly toothed, vein pairs mostly 4-5. Leaf stalk about 3 mm long. Flowers small, inconspicuous, solitary or in small clusters; Oct-Dec. Fruit 3-4 mm long.

Tas, Vic

Grows naturally in gullies and sheltered hillsides with high rainfall, generally on high ground in open or closed forest. The closest natural occurrence to Melbourne is at Warburton.

Sometimes grown in pots and for bonsai; will coppice.

NSW: Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah. VIC: Apollo Bay ('Maits Rest'); Dandenongs (Alfred Nicholas Memorial Garden; George Tindale Memorial Garden; 'Pirianda', about 10 m tall in 1984); Mt Macedon ('Forest Glades', about 14 m in 1984).

Source: Spencer, R. (1997). Fagaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.