| General Description | This tree has been placed on the IUCN Red List as least concern. |
| Shape | Slender crown. |
| Cultivation | Tolerant of infertile and wet soils. |
| Notable Specimens | Wakehurst Place, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, Sussex, England. |
| Bark/Stem Description | Smooth, grey bark. |
| Leaf Description | Leaves are 7-11 cm, obovate to oval, pointed, a dark lustrous green on top, paler beneath. |
| Flower Description | Male catkins 3-5 cm, slender to 3 mm wide, solitary. |
| Fruit Description | Catkins 2 x 0.5 cm, produced singly in the leaf axils on long slender pedicels that are 5 - 8 cm long. |
