Trees to 20 m tall; trunk to 60 cm d.b.h. branchlets slender, dark red-brown, turning dark gray-brown, initially densely brown pubescent, glabrous in 2nd or 3rd year; winter buds brown, not resinous. Needles 5 per bundle, thick, slightly incurved, triangular in cross section, 2.5-6 cm × 1-1.5 mm, stiff, vascular bundle 1, resin canals 3, median, base with sheath shed. Seed cones solitary or 2 or 3 clustered at base of branchlets, pedunculate (peduncle 1.5-2 cm), yellowish brown, brown, or dark gray-brown at maturity, oblong-ellipsoid or cylindric-ovoid, 4.5-9 × 2-4.5 cm. Seed scales subobovate, 2-3 × 1.5-2 cm; apophyses transversely rhombic, margin thin, slightly incurved, rarely slightly recurved on middle or basal seed scales; umbo sunken, not swollen. Seeds pale brown, ellipsoid-ovoid, 8-10 × ca. 6 mm; wing ca. 16 × 7 mm.
Steep slopes and limestone crags in mixed coniferous or broadleaved forests, on slopes and ridges; at elevations from 500 -1,900 metres.
Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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