Deciduous tree, dioecious, up to 30 m in height, irregular in size. Trunk \u00b1 straight, smooth and thick (up to 2.5 m in diameter in some specimens). Bark grey-whitish to white, slightly fissured except in older specimens, in which it thickens and develops deep cracks, at least at the base or bottom half. Branches densely covered in felted hairs. Buds with 5-6 scales, slightly or not at all viscous, tomentose at first turning glabrescent later. Leaves (1,5)4-12 \u00d7 (1)3-10 cm, alternate, subequal, suborbicular to elliptic, \u00b1 palmate, entire at the base and shallow or deeply lobed-dentate on the upper half, glabrescent, dark green on the upper side and whitish-tomentose on the underside; with a long petiole. Inflorescences in cylindrical pendant aments 5-15 \u00d7 1.5-2 cm, male aments very hairy while female aments only slightly hairy. Flowers with persistent nectariferous disk, male flowers with 3-10 stamens with white filaments and purple anthers at first, then yellow; female flowers with an ovoid-conical ovary and 2 greenish-yellow stigmas. Fruit a small oblong-conical capsule about 4 mm, dehiscent into 2 valves that release numerous seeds with long cottony whitish hairs. 2n = 38.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-12207","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n