Where found:

• Lowland to montane shrubland and forest, especially margins
  
• Up to 900 metres
  

• Tall shrub or small spreading tree with a trunk up to 60cm diameter
  
• Linear, narrow, thick leaves (4-12mm x 1-2mm) are aromatic and occur singly or in groups of 3-5
  
• During flowering, the tree is smothered with small white flowers about 3-7mm across
  
• Dark brown, thin stringy bark which peels in long flakes
• Many fine seeds in small dry papery capsules that usually fall within a year of the flowers