Tree, deciduous, up to 10 m in height, irregular in shape. Trunk well defined, with greyish bark, scaly. Branches with smooth bark, greyish, branches of a few years reddish-brown and younger branches reddish. Buds slightly or not viscous. Leaves 5-12 \u00d7 5-13 cm, alternate, polygonal to \u00b1 oval in contour, with 3-5 pairs of clearly marked lateral lobes, cuneate at the base \u2014rarely cordate\u2014, serrate margin, almost glabrous, an intense green on the upper side and greyish-tomentose on the underside; petiole 1-2.5 cm. Inflorescence terminal, corymbiform, with densely pubescent peduncles on flowering and almost glabrous on fruiting. Flowers about 10-12 mm in diameter. Calyx densely hairy, with 2-3 small acute sepals, 2-3 \u00d7 2-2.5 mm long, with a few lateral teeth or without teeth. Corolla with 5 white petals, orbicular, cochleariform and crenulate, glabrous or almost glabrous. Stamens 18-20, with whitish anthers. Styles 2-3, fused in the lower third, hairy at the base. Fruit a subglobose pome, 12-16 \u00d7 11-16 mm, fleshy, crowned by the persistent calyx, at first greenish, finally orange. Seeds 1-3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-12732","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n