Small tree, deciduous, polygamous, up to 10-12(15) m in height, of regular shape, usually rounded when growing isolated. Trunk well defined, straight, somewhat tortuous in rupicolous environments, with greyish-brown bark, thick, fissured. Branches greyish or brown-yellowish, with smooth bark, younger branches greenish or reddish-brown, pubescent. Leaves 2.5-18(20) \u00d7 2.5-17(19) cm, opposite, palmate, 5-lobed (smaller leaves sometimes trilobed), coriaceous or not, glabrous, shiny, deep green on the upper side, from \u00b1 pubescent \u2014at least along main veins\u2014 to densely tomentose on the underside. Lobes unequal, irregularly dentate or serrated, the 2 basal lobes smaller, rarely absent, the upper lobes usually with sinuses of variable depth (15-70% of the leaf blade), from parallel to convergent. Petiole well developed, hairy or glabrous. Inflorescence corymbiform, pendulous, with \u00b1 pubescent peduncles. Flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual (male), from yellowish-white to greenish-yellow. Calyx with 4-5 free sepals. Corolla with 5 petals arranged alternately with the sepals, borne on a fleshy disk, on which also 8 stamens are borne, very exserted in male flowers. Fruit a paired samara, with a glabrous or hairy seminiferous area and wings that form a generally acute angle, rarely obtuse (30\u00b0)40\u00b0-100\u00b0(120\u00b0).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-13179","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n