Form: This is a medium size reaching a maximum height of 60 ft. It has narrow branches and a rounded crown.

Leaves:
             

Arrangement: alternate; simple

Shape: Heart shaped to oval

Margin: finely serrate margins

Texture: leathery, lustrous, glabrous

Venation: pinnate

Bark: The bark is smooth with many lenticels when young becoming grayish-brown with shallow furrows when older.

Twigs and buds: The twigs are stout and brownish in color with ridges running from base to leaf scar. The buds are elongate-ovoid and intensely woolly.

Flowers and fruit: It forms clusters of white flowers and has a brown pomes for a fruit.

Distinguishing characteristics: Heart shaped leaves, white flowers. Medium sized tree.

Range: Exotic from China

Silvics: N/A

Ecological and cultural importance: It is a planted ornamental.