Shrubs or small trees, to 8 m tall. Branchlets dark purple or purplish brown when old, terete, slender, tomentose when young; buds dark purple, ovoid, tomentose. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, 4–6 mm, herbaceous, tomentose, margin entire, apex acute; petiole 1.5–3.5 cm, tomentose; leaf blade ovate or broadly ovate, 2.5–5 × 2–4.5 cm, both surfaces tomentose or adaxially subglabrous, base rounded or broadly cuneate, margin irregularly serrate, usually irregularly 3–5-parted; lobes narrowly ovate or narrowly elliptic, apex acute. Corymb umbel-like, 3–5 cm in diam., 3–6-flowered; bracts caducous, linear-lanceolate, membranous, pubescent, margin entire, apex acuminate. Pedicel 1.5–2 cm, tomentose. Flowers 1–2 cm in diam. Hypanthium campanulate, tomentose. Sepals caducous, triangular-ovate, ca. 3 mm, slightly shorter than hypanthium, both surfaces tomentose, margin entire, apex rounded-obtuse or slightly acute. Petals white, ovate, 8–10 mm, base shortly clawed, apex rounded. Stamens 20–25, unequal, slightly shorter than petals. Styles 3–5, slightly longer than or nearly as long as stamens, glabrous. Pome yellowish red, subglobose or oblong-ellipsoid to oblong-ovoid, 6–8 mm in diam., impressed at apex; sepals caducous; fruiting pedicel 1.5–2 cm, tomentose. Fl. May, fr. Sep. 2n = 34*, 51*.
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A deciduous tree. It grows 10 m tall. It is a broad spreading shape. The bark is purple-brown and cracks into smooth vertical rectangular plates. The leaves vary in shape. They are small and oblong. They are 2.5-7.5 cm long and can be 6 cm across. They are deeply divided into 3 lobes. The central lobe has a lobe on each side. There are sharp teeth. The leaves are bright green above and paler underneath. They are thinly hairy. The flowers are white and 2 cm across. They have 5 petals and occur in small clusters. The fruit are small and yellow. They are 8 mm across. They are slightly flattened. They are on slender red stalks.
Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
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