Brachylaena discolor trunk

The trunk of Brachylaena discolor is covered in dark grey to brownish grey bark that becomes rough and somewhat longitudinally fissured on old stems. Both single and multi-stemmed trees are usually seen.

The young twigs are white and woolly with hairs, later becoming hairless. They are then purplish or red-brown in colour with pale lenticels scattered along their surfaces (Coates Palgrave, 2002; Schmidt, et al, 2002).