Trees, 100–120 dm. Stems: ?trunk bark dark gray to nearly black, thick, ridged; branches broadly spreading, intricate?; twigs ± flexuous, new growth ?olive green?, glabrous, 1-year old very dark brown, older gray; thorns on twigs ?few?, straight, 1-year old very dark, older graying, fine, 3.5 cm. Leaves: petiole length 40–50% blade, pubescent in sulcus, densely sessile-glandular; blade narrowly ovate to rhombic-ovate or broadly ovate, sometimes oblong or ± obovate, 2.5–5 cm, ± thin, base cuneate, lobes 0, or 1 or 2 per side, obscure, sinuses shallow, lobe apex obtuse or acute, margins finely to obscurely crenate-serrate, teeth gland-tipped, veins 3 or 4 per side, apex acute, abaxial surface glabrous, adaxial glabrate, main veins sparsely pilose. Inflorescences 3–7-flowered; branches glabrate to moderately pilose; bracteoles caducous, narrowly oblong, margins glandular. Flowers 16–20 mm diam.; hypanthium glabrous; sepals narrowly triangular, margins glandular-serrate; stamens 20, anthers pink to pale purple; styles 2–5. Pomes orange-red to russet, often green-mottled, suborbicular, 9–12 mm diam., glabrous; sepals ?prominent, ± elevated?, spreading; pyrenes (2 or)3 or 4(or 5).
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