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which grows 3 to 6 metres high, sometimes reaching 7 m. It has divaricating branches with grey bark, and the plant can appear almost black from a distance. The leaves are dark green, thick, and linear-oblong to linear-ovate; they often have two small pits
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499:Wilson, Hugh D. (1978).
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411:, (var.
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