Trees to 8–10 m tall. Branchlets purplish brown when old, terete, brown tomentose when young, glabrous when old, sparsely white lenticellate; buds ovoid, apex acute; scales adaxially tawny tomentose. Stipules caducous, linear-lanceolate, membranous, adaxially brown tomentose, margin sparsely glandular denticulate, apex acuminate; petiole 3.5–7.5 cm, brown tomentose when young, soon glabrescent; leaf blade ovate or narrowly ovate, 5–11 × 3.5–7.5 cm, lateral veins 7–13 pairs, abaxially brown tomentose when young, soon glabrescent, base broadly cuneate or rounded, margin serrulate, apex acuminate. Raceme umbel-like, 6–11-flowered; peduncle brown tomentose, soon glabrescent; bracts caducous, linear-lanceolate, 5–10 mm, membranous, adaxially brown lanate, margin glandular denticulate, apex acuminate. Pedicel 3–5 cm, brown tomentose, soon glabrescent. Flowers 2–3 cm in diam. Hypanthium sparsely tomentose abaxially. Sepals persistent or caducous, triangular-ovate, ca. 3 mm, abaxially sparsely tomentose, adaxially tomentose, margin glandular denticulate, apex acuminate or acute. Petals white, broadly ovate, 1–1.2 cm, shortly clawed at base, apex rounded. Stamens 20, ca. 1/2 as long as petals. Ovary 3(or 4)-loculed, with 2 ovules per locule; styles 3(or 4), ca. as long as stamens, sparsely pubescent basally. Pome dark brown, subglobose or obovoid, 1.5–2.2 cm in diam., 3-or 4-loculed; with persistent sepals or sometimes a few caducous; fruiting pedicel 3–4 cm, subglabrous. Fl. Apr, fr. Jun–Aug. 2n = 34*.
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Plants 80–100 dm. Branches purplish brown or dark brown, brown-tomentose when young, glabrescent; thorns not recorded. Leaves: petiole 3.5–7.5 cm, brown-tomentose when young; blade ovate or narrowly ovate, 5–11 × 3.5–7.5 cm, base rounded or broadly cuneate, margins serrulate, apex acuminate, surfaces glabrous or brown-tomentose when young. Pedicels 3–5 cm, pubescent when young. Flowers 20–30 mm diam.; sepals triangular-ovate, 3 mm, apex acute or acuminate; petals white, broadly ovate, 10–12 mm; ovaries 3(–4)-locular; styles 3(or 4). Pomes dark brown, subglobose or obovoid, 15–22 mm diam.; sepals mostly persistent. 2n = 34.
A tree. It grows 8-10 m tall. The young branches have a brown coating. The leaves are narrowly oval and 5-11 cm long by 4-8 cm wide. There are 6-11 flowers in a group. The petals are white. The fruit is oval and dark brown. They are 2 cm across.
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