Tree, deciduous hermaphrodite, up to 15(25) m in height, irregular in shape, but \u00b1 ovoid. Trunk well defined, straight or slightly tortuous, with greyish-brown bark, slightly fissured. Branches smooth, greyish, branches a few years old reddish-brown, and younger branches reddish with lanate-whitish hairs. Buds non viscous. Leaves [4-12(16) \u00d7 2-9(13) cm] alternate, oval-orbicular or obovate-orbicular, obtuse, with \u00b1 rounded base, margin twice serrate, glabrous and of intense green colour on the upper side, villous-lanate, silky to touch and whitish on the underside; with tomentose petiole, 1-1.5 cm. Inflorescence terminal, corymbiform, with numerous flowers, although less than in the previous species, with lanate-whitish peduncles. Flowers about 10-15 mm in diameter. Calyx lanate-whitish, with 5 small triangular-lanceolate sepals about 4 mm long. Corolla with 5 white petals, ovate or suborbicular, glabrous except on the basal claw, which is lanate. Stamens 18-20, with whitish-yellow or reddish anthers. Styles 2, free, hairy at the base. Fruit an ovoid or subglobose pome, (6)10-17 mm long, fleshy, crowned by the persistent calyx, at first green and covered with an indumentum of lanate-whitish hairs flaking as the fruit ripens; fruit bright red when mature. Seeds 1-2(3).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-12723","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n