Trees to 25 m tall, andromonoecious. Bark gray. Branchlets glabrous, usually glaucous; winter buds ovoid, margin ciliate. Leaves deciduous; petiole purplish green, 10-15 cm, glabrous; leaf blade abaxially glaucous, adaxially green, 11-21 × 11-14 cm, papery, lateral veins 7-9 pairs, distinct abaxially, base cordate, 5-lobed, rarely 3-lobed; lobes triangular, 1-1.5 cm, margin serrulate, apex acuminate. Inflorescence terminal, corymbose; peduncles ca. 6 cm. Sepals 5, yellowish green, ca. 5 × 3 mm. Petals 5, white, oblanceolate, ca. 5 × 1.5 mm. Stamens 8, 3-5 mm. Disk glabrous, extrastaminal. Ovary pubescent. Fruit yellowish; nutlets convex, ca. 8 mm in diam.; wing including nutlet 4-5.5 cm, wings spreading erectly. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Sep. 2n = 26, 52.
Generally found in open places such as grazing grounds. Isolated trees are found in coniferous forests at 2,400-3,800 metres in Kashmir. Usually on north-facing slopes.
Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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