An evergreen tree 5-10 m tall. Leaves lanceolate or narrowly ovate, 10-12 cm long, 2.5-4 cm wide, dark green and fairly shiny above, paler below, strongly lemonscented when crushed; stalk 1.5-2 cm long. Flower clusters in upper leaf axils. Flowers with sepals 3 long, 2 short; spring to summer. Petals soon shed. Stamens longer than the sepals.

Qld (Coastal Forests).

VIC: Melbourne (Royal Bot. Gds, Australian Border).

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Myrtaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.