Trees, not suckering, 60–100(–250) dm, not thorny. Twigs with terminal end buds, glabrous. Leaves deciduous; petiole 7–45 mm, glabrous, glandular, glands 2–4, ?discoid?; blade elliptic to obovate, 5–17 × 3–8 cm, base obtuse to rounded, margins singly to doubly serrate, teeth aristate, glandular, apex caudate, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences (2–)3–5(–6)-flowered, corymbs; central axes 5–25(–60) mm. Pedicels 10–40 mm (subtended by leafy bracts), glabrous or sparsely hairy. Flowers blooming at leaf emergence; hypanthium tubular, 4–8 mm, glabrous externally; sepals spreading to reflexed, oblong-ovate to lanceolate, 3–8 mm, margins entire or toothed, eglandular, surfaces glabrous; petals white or pink, suborbiculate to oblong-obovate, 8–18 mm; ovaries glabrous. Drupes black, globose, 10–13 mm, glabrous; mesocarps fleshy; stones ellipsoid, slightly flattened. 2n = 16 (Japan).
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