Large, spreading tree to 40 m high; suckers numerous, forming thickets. Leaves with lamina ovate to broadly ovate or ± elliptic-ovate, 6–14 cm long, oblique at base, double-serrate margin, acuminate at apex, scabrous above, glabrescent; petiole 0.5–1.5 (–2) cm long; stipules linear or lanceolate, 0.5–1 cm long. Flowers not seen. Samara flat, orbicular, 1–2 cm wide, broadly winged.