The bark is smooth, powdery, white and grey and is shed in narrow strips. Young plants and coppice regrowth have more or less sessile leaves mostly arranged in opposite pairs, glossy green, linear to narrow oblong,  long and  wide.
The bark is smooth, powdery, white, and grey, and it sheds in narrow strips. Young plants and coppice regrowth have leaves that are sessile, paired, glossy green, linear to narrow oblong, with lengths and widths specified.