Trees, rarely shrubs, ca. 7(–10) m tall or more. Branchlets brown to grayish brown, white tomentose when young, gradually glabrescent, with few gray orbicular small lenticels; buds ovoid, 5–9 mm, apex acute to acuminate; scales imbricate, several, dark reddish brown, glabrous or sparsely pubescent apically. Leaves simple; petiole 3–10 mm, initially grayish white tomentose, subglabrous when mature; leaf blade dark green adaxially, broadly elliptic, elliptic-ovate, or elliptic-obovate, 9–15 × 4–9 cm, lateral veins (10–)13–16 pairs, nearly parallel and terminating in marginal teeth, prominent abaxially, abaxially gray tomentose, subglabrous when old, adaxially glabrous, base cuneate, rarely to subrounded, margin irregularly doubly serrate, apex acute to shortly acuminate. Compound corymbs terminal, 3–6 × 4–8 cm, 20–30-flowered or more; rachis and pedicels grayish white tomentose, glabrescent. Pedicel 5–9 mm. Flowers (0.8–)1–1.6 cm in diam. Hypanthium campanulate, abaxially grayish white tomentose. Sepals triangular-lanceolate, 2–4 mm, apex acuminate. Petals white, spatulate, ovate, or obovate, 5–8 × 3.5–5 mm, adaxially grayish white tomentose near apex, apex obtuse. Stamens 15–20, shorter than petals. Styles 2, rarely 3 or 4, free or slightly connate at base, slightly longer than or nearly as long as stamens. Fruit scarlet, ovoid or obovoid, 0.9–1.2(–1.5) cm × 7–11(–13) mm, with 2, rarely 3 or 4 locules, sparsely small lenticellate; sepals persistent; seeds dark brown, obovoid or triangular-lanceolate, 6–8 mm, compressed. Fl. May–Jul, fr. Sep–Oct.
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A deciduous tree. It grows 15 m tall. It is a broad cone shape. The bark is grey-brown and is thinly scaly and cracks and flakes. The leaves are broadly oval and 15 cm long by 10 cm wide. They taper to the base and are pointed at the tip. They have sharp teeth. They are hairy at first but become smooth. They are dark green above and densely covered with white hairs underneath. There are up to 14 pairs of veins. The flowers are white. They occur in clusters up to 6 cm across. The fruit is a rounded berry. It is 1.5 cm across. It is green but turns orange or yellow as it ripens.
Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
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