Deciduous tree, polygamous, up to 20 m in height, with regular shape, with ovate-rounded crown. Trunk well defined, straight, with thick bark, almost suberose, fissured. Branches extended, with suberose bark, pinkish or reddish when young, with ribs, then greyish or reddish-brown, very characteristic of this species. Younger branchlets reddish. Leaves (1.5)3-8(10) \u00d7 (1.5)3.5-8.5(11), opposite, palmate, with cordate base, 5-lobed, occasionally with 6-7 lobes, coriaceous, with long petioles, glabrous or with hairs along the veins on the upper side, deep green, lustrous, and hairy on the underside, at least along the main veins, slightly lighter green. Lobes unequal, sometimes 2 basal lobes very small or even absent, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, rarely acute, with sinuate margin, often ciliate, with unequal sinuses, the upper sinuses deeper, exceeding half of the leaf blade forming an acute angle. Petiole long, enlarged at the base, hairy, reddish-brown or pink. Inflorescence corymbiform, erect, hairy, pauciflorous. Flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual (male), greenish, with long pedicels. Calyx with 5 free sepals. Corolla with 5 petals, alternating with the sepals, fused to a fleshy disk, like stamens. Stamens 8, clearly exserted in male flowers. Fruit a paired samara, with hairy seminiferous area, with straight or curved outwards wings, slightly or not tapered at the base, very divergent, at an angle of almost 180\u00b0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-13182","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n