Muyang is a large wattle with smooth greyish bark and blueish-silver bipinnate leaves which grows from 6 to 30 metres tall. It flowers from July to October.

The Wurundjeri-woiwurrung use their bark to make containers, and their sap as food and adhesive. Yangga (yellow-tail black cockatoos) eat wood-boring grubs out of this and other wattle trees.

It tolerates a wide range of local climates but prefers deep moist soil and full sun to semi shade.