General Description | This species has been placed on the IUCN Red List as least concern. |
Shape | Rounded. |
Landscape | Excellent as a shade or street tree. |
Cultivation | Medium moisture, well drained soil in full sun to partial shade. |
Notable Specimens | Westonbirt, The National Arboretum, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England. |
Habitat | Mountainous areas of Japan. |
Bark/Stem Description | Bark is greenish-brown, striped with a vertical chalk white, branches are glabrous and red. |
Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Bud scales are 2-paired, valvate and red. |
Leaf Description | Leaves to 11 x 10 cm with 3 lobes and red veins, dark green above and light green beneath, turning crimson in autumn. |
Flower Description | 10 - 25 flowers that are glabrous and green-white. |
Fruit Description | Convex nutlets. |